Andance (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.
Geography Andance is located 5 km south of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, 15 km east of Annonay, and 20 km north of Tournon-sur-Rhone. It can be accessed by the D86 road from Champagne in the north passing through the village then continuing south through the commune to Sarras. The D86B passes from the village over the Rhone to Andancette on the east bank. The D82 road also comes from Saint-Etienne-de-Valoux in the north-east to the village. There are also the small D370 road from Talencieux in the west to the village via a tortuous route and the D370B also from Talencieux to the south of the commune.
The commune has the Rhône as its entire eastern border with the Ruisseau de L'Ecoutay, the Ruisseau du Creux, the Ruisseau de Cueil, and numerous other streams flowing through the commune to the Rhone. The Conce river forms the southern border of the commune and also flows into the Rhone.Google Maps
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name Party 2001 2008 Pierre Biennier 2008 2014 Irène Fourel 2014 2020 Alain Delaleuf DVG 2020 Current Christelle Reynaud
Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andançois or Andançoises in French.Le nom des habitants du 07 - Ardèche, habitants.fr
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage The Sarrazinière Roman Ruins (Antiquity) at Châtelet are registered as an historical monumentMinistry of Culture, Mérimée Andance bridge was built in 1827 with iron wires and a central pier. The Andance bridge is the oldest suspension bridge still used today in France. It was built by Marc Seguin the brilliant inventor from Annonay. Largely destroyed during the Second World War on 30 August 1944, it was rebuilt and reopened in 1946 then underwent further changes
Religious heritage The Church of Our Lady of Andance (12th century) is registered as an historical monumentMinistry of Culture, Mérimée A Calvary of Three Saints.
The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: A Painting: Saint Philomena Martyred (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Saint Romain (1835)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Pope Pius IX remitting indulgences to the Andance Priest for the Saint-Barrel Chapel (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Crusaders bringing relics to the chapel (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy An Altar Cross (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Processional Cross (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy 2 Prints with frames: Stations of the Cross (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Reliquary (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Statue: Saint Barulas (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Statue: Black Madonna (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Passion Cross: Cross of BargemenMinistry of Culture, Palissy
Andance in the arts Andance is mentioned in the poem by Louis Aragon, The conscript of a hundred villages, written as an act of clandestine intellectual resistance in 1943 during the Second World War.Louis Aragon, Le Conscrit des cent villages, published initially in La Diane française, consulted in Pierre Seghers, The Resistance and its poets: France, 1940-1945, Paris, Seghers, 2004 (2nd edition), , p. 373-375
See also Communes of the Ardèche department
References
External links
Andance on the National Geographic Institute website Andance official website Andance on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Andance on the 1750 Cassini Map