Gravières

Gravières
Commune
Sanctuary of Notre Dame de Lourdes
Coat of arms
Gravières Gravières
Coordinates: 44°25′20″N 4°05′33″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Largentière
Canton	Les Cévennes ardéchoises
Intercommunality	Pays des Vans en Cévennes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Monique Doladille
Area 1	18.52 km2 (7.15 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07100 /07140
Elevation	159–955 m (522–3,133 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gravières (French pronunciation: ​[ɡʁavjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Chassezac.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,033 —     1800 895 −13.4% 1806 936 +4.6% 1821 971 +3.7% 1831 1,034 +6.5% 1836 1,031 −0.3% 1841 1,052 +2.0% 1846 1,071 +1.8% 1851 1,093 +2.1% 1856 1,009 −7.7% 1861 955 −5.4% 1866 902 −5.5% 1872 864 −4.2% 1876 790 −8.6% 1881 737 −6.7% 1886 734 −0.4% 1891 736 +0.3% 1896 736 +0.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 677 −8.0% 1906 677 +0.0% 1911 611 −9.7% 1921 527 −13.7% 1926 535 +1.5% 1931 514 −3.9% 1936 492 −4.3% 1946 416 −15.4% 1954 420 +1.0% 1962 436 +3.8% 1968 459 +5.3% 1975 400 −12.9% 1982 381 −4.7% 1990 369 −3.1% 1999 370 +0.3% 2008 372 +0.5% 2011 421 +13.2% 2014 452 +7.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department