Saint-Martin-d'Ardeche
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 Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche
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| Coordinates: 44°18′16″N 4°33′59″E / 44.3044°N 4.5664°ECoordinates: 44°18′16″N 4°33′59″E / 44.3044°N 4.5664°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ardèche |
| Arrondissement | Privas |
| Canton | Bourg-Saint-Andéol |
| Intercommunality | Rhône aux gorges de l'Ardèche |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Louis Jeannin |
| Area1 | 5.53 km2 (2.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 860 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 07268 / 07700 |
| Elevation | 41–210 m (135–689 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche is a commune in the department of Ardèche in Southern France.
Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche is situated at the Southern entrance of the Ardèche Canyon, the Gorges de l'Ardèche.
Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche is member of the intercommunality of Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche together with nearby Ardèche communes of Bidon, Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Gras, Larnas, Saint-Montan, Saint-Just, Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche, Saint-Remèze and Viviers at the very south-eastern end of department.
A few miles from the main trail of the Rhône Valley between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean coast, a Gateway to Provence, Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche lies underneath the beautiful silhouette of medieval Aiguèze at the end of the Ardèche Gorges carved through the limestone plateau de Gras (average 300 m high, culminating at the 719 m high Dent de Rez, i.e. saw tooth) (reïsse=saw in provençal) on 30 km (19 mi) between Vallon-Pont-d'Arc with the magnificent natural stone arch on the river and Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche. Since 1960, a panoramic road follows the canyon up the hill through the garrigue, the first Mediterranean vegetation when arriving from the North, and ends in Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche with a view on the end of the river flowing towards the Rhône in direction of the Fuji-Yama silhouette of 1900 m. high Mont Ventoux in Provence.
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