Alboussière (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southern France.
Geography Alboussière is located some 10 km west of Valence and 10 km east of Lamastre. It can be accessed by the winding D533 road from Valence which passes through the village and continues west to Saint-Barthélemy-Grozon. The D14 road from Vernoux-en-Vivarais in the south also passes through the commune to join the D533 just north of the commune. The commune is also covered with a network of small roads. There are nine other hamlets in the commune other than the village. These are: Aubert, Blanc, Les Chatanelles, La Chalaye, Bleizac, Le Mas, Le Vivier, Ponsoye, and Fialaix.Google Maps
There are numerous streams throughout the commune. The Ruisseau de Jergne forms most of the southern border and the Duzon forms much of the eastern boundary with large numbers of unnamed streams joining them.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name Party 2001 2014 Jacques Dubay UDI 2014 2020 Philippe Ponton DVD 2020 Current Michel Mizzi
Demographics
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alboussiérois (masculine) and Alboussiéroises (feminine) in French.Le nom des habitants du 07 - Ardèche, habitants.fr
Sites and monuments The Château de Crozat was enlarged in the 17th century then transformed by the architect Louis Achille Tracol in the 19th century. The Chapel of Saint-Didier-de-Crussol The Church of Saint-André-de-Crussol contains a statue: Saint-Evêque (19th century) which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy The artificial lake
Notable people linked to the commune Louis-Balthazard du Bay was born in the castle on 3 November 1775. He was, among others, Lord of Cros, Baron of Boffre, Mayor of Saint-Péray, and a member of the electoral college of the department of Ardèche.Chabeaussière - Courcelles - Saint-Pons - Lanz, Universal Nobility of France: or General Collection of historical genealogies of the noble houses of the kingdom, bureau du Nobiliaire universel de France, 1814, Vol. 2, Read online
See also Communes of the Ardèche department
References
External links
Alboussière on the old National Geographic Institute website Alboussière on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Alboigßiers on the 1750 Cassini Map