| Asperjoc | |
| Arrondissement: | Largentière |
| Canton: | Aubenas-1 |
| Commune: | Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc |
| Insee: | 07016 |
| Postal Code: | 07600 |
| Coordinates: | 44.6858°N 4.3597°W |
| Elevation M: | 299 |
| Elevation Min M: | 278 |
| Elevation Max M: | 879 |
| Area Km2: | 8.47 |
| Population: | 360 |
| Population Date: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Asperjoc (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Asperjòc) is a former commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc.[2]
Asperjoc is located some 2 km north by north-west of Aubenas and 18 km west by south-west of Privas. Access to the commune is by the D 578 road from Antraigues-sur-Volane in the north which passes down the eastern border of the commune and continues south to Vals-les-Bains. The D 243 branches off the D 578 in the south of the commune and goes north-west through the commune and continues to Labastide-sur-Bésorgues. The commune has no village called Asperjoc but has several hamlets: les Beaumelles, la Brugeyre, le Chastelas, le Fau, Laulagnet, le Pont de Bridou, le Pont de l-Huile, la Praye, le Raccourci, le Rigaudel, Thieure, Tras Chabanne et la Valette inférieure. The commune is rugged and alpine in nature with little or no arable land.[3]
The Volane river forms the entire eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Ardèche south of Vals-les-Bains. The Besorgues flows from the north-west of the commune south-east forming part of the western border of the commune and gathering many tributaries in the commune before joining the Volane at the southern corner.[3]
List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2008 | Louis Berthon | |
| 2008 | 2019 | Alain Chiraussel |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asperjocois in French.[5]
The population of the town is relatively old. The ratio of persons above the age of 60 years (22.3%) is higher than the national average (21.6%) but lower than the departmental average (28.1%). As for national and departmental allocations, the male population of the town is less than the female population (48.8% against 48.4% nationally and 48.2% at the departmental level).
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Asperjoc and Ardèche Department in 2010
| Asperjoc | Asperjoc | Ardèche | Ardèche | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Range | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| 0 to 14 Years | 19.0 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 16.8 | |
| 15 to 29 Years | 13.8 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 13.9 | |
| 30 to 44 Years | 24.8 | 17.1 | 19.4 | 18.5 | |
| 45 to 59 Years | 20.5 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 20.6 | |
| 60 to 74 Years | 16.2 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 16.8 | |
| 75 to 89 Years | 5.7 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 11.9 | |
| 90 Years+ | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |