Barnas Explained

Barnas
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Barnas (Ardèche).svg
Arrondissement:Largentière
Canton:Haute-Ardèche
Insee:07025
Postal Code:07330
Mayor:Lynda Bouet[1]
Term:2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:Ardèche des Sources et Volcans
Coordinates:44.6686°N 4.1706°W
Elevation M:464
Elevation Min M:431
Elevation Max M:1494
Area Km2:26.51

Barnas (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.[2]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barnassiens or Barnassiennes.[3]

Geography

Barnas is located some 20 km west by northwest of Aubenas and 30 km east by southeast of Pradelles. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N102 which passes through the centre of the commune and the village from Mayres in the west and continuing to Thueyts in the east. The commune is mostly forest and moderately mountainous. There is a hotel and petrol station in the commune.

The Ardèche river flows through the commune from west to east parallel to the highway. There are a number of tributaries that feed into the river in the commune. On the right bank from west to east these are:

On the left bank the river is fed by:

History

Barnas appears as Barnas on the 1750 Cassini Map but does not appear at all on the 1790 version. The commune Barnas was created in 1913 from part of the commune of Thueyts.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name Party
1959 2001 René Vidal
2001 2020 Joel Laurent
2020 2023 Jean-Luc Vidal
2023 current Lynda Bouet

Sites and Monuments

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM07025-barnas INSEE commune file
  3. http://www.habitants.fr/ardeche-07 Inhabitants of Ardèche
  4. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=3713 List of Mayors of France