page_title: Aubenas
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Aubenas / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La gare d'Aubenas (Ardèche)
context_page_description: Aubenas is a commune in the southern part of the Ardèche department in the Rhône Valley in southern France.
  It is the seat of several government offices. The surrounding countryside, which is mountainous and rugged; is popular for vacation homes.
  The Ardèche River flows through the commune.
  Aubenas is part of the "Pays d'Aubenas-Vals", composed of 10 towns and villages including Vals-les-Bains, for approximately 23,000 people.
  Aside from a long-year commercial activity, Aubenas has a good strategic position on the tourist field, at crossroads of a regional natural park, the zone of the Ardèche river canyon, and the start of mountains.
  The chestnut industry is one testimony of the intense agricultural activity earlier in time.
context_section_description: Aubenas is the seat of the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Ardèche Méridionale. It is also the seat of the Centre de formation d'apprentis (CFA) et is a training centre.
  Aubenas is a city which survives today on commerce, tourism, and food manufacturing companies, producing things like cheese, chestnuts and other foodstuffs, the likes of which one might find in a delicatessen. It is also close to the commune of Lanas, which is home to a small aeroport (an aerodrome).
  The city hosted the arrival of the Tour de France on 24 July 2009, the day prior to the climbing of mount Ventoux.
caption: The train station of Aubenas
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