Title: Largentière Content: Largentière  is a commune in the Ardèche department of the Auvergne-Rhône- Alpes region in southeastern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. ==Name== Its name, used since the thirteenth century in place of its more ancient name Segualeriae (Ségualières), refers to the silver mines in the area between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. == Geography == The commune of Largentière is in the southern part of the Ardèche department, in the narrow valley of the Ligne river, a short right tributary of the Ardèche river. The commune has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The distances from Largentière to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Lyon, the regional capital - ; * Marseille - ; * Strasbourg - ; * Reims - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Toulouse - ; * Montpellier - ; * Nice - .  Largentière is surrounded by the communes: === Climate === The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Largentière is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype "Cfb". ==Population== The inhabitants of Largentière are known, in French, as Largentiérois (women: Largentiéroises). With a population of 1,734, Largentière has a population density of inhabitants/km2. It is the second smallest subprefecture in France after Castellane in the Alpes-de- Haute-Provence department that has only 1,541 inhabitants (2014). Evolution of the population in Largentière Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:3000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:a text:1968 bar:b text:1975 bar:c text:1982 bar:d text:1990 bar:e text:1999 bar:f text:2008 bar:g text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:a from:0 till: 2888 bar:b from:0 till: 2782 bar:c from:0 till: 2520 bar:d from:0 till: 1990 bar:e from:0 till: 1942 bar:f from:0 till: 1805 bar:g from:0 till: 1734 PlotData= bar:a at: 2888 fontsize:S text: 2,888 shift:(-12,5) bar:b at: 2782 fontsize:S text: 2,782 shift:(-13,5) bar:c at: 2520 fontsize:S text: 2,520 shift:(-13,5) bar:d at: 1990 fontsize:S text: 1,990 shift:(-13,5) bar:e at: 1942 fontsize:S text: 1,942 shift:(-13,5) bar:f at: 1805 fontsize:S text: 1,805 shift:(-13,5) bar:g at: 1734 fontsize:S text: 1,734 shift:(-13,5) == Administration == Largentière is a subprefecture of the Ardèche department since 1800. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Largentière and is part of the canton Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. It is part of the intercommunality Val de Ligne, officially named as Communauté de communes Val de Ligne. ==Gallery== File:Largentiere-LaLigne.JPG|Largentière and the La Ligne river. File:Largentière - Hôtel de ville -1.jpg|Town hall of Largentière. File:Eglise Largentiere2.JPG|Largentière church. File:Largentiere- PalaisDeJustice.JPG|Courthouse of Largentière. File:Chateaulargentiere.jpg|Castle of Largentière. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Largentière * Communes of the Ardèche department