Cornas

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Cornas
Commune
The church and surroundings in Cornas
The church and surroundings in Cornas
Coat of arms of Cornas
Coat of arms
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ardèche
Arrondissement Tournon-sur-Rhône
Canton Guilherand-Granges
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Lafage[1]
Area1 8.33 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2 Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.
INSEE/Postal code 07070 / 07130
Elevation 98–492 m (322–1,614 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cornas (French pronunciation: ​[kɔʁnas]; Occitan: Cornàs) is a commune in the département of Ardèche in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southern France. The name is Celtic for "burnt land."

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 717 —    
1975 1,007 +4.97%
1982 1,563 +6.48%
1990 2,102 +3.77%
1999 2,082 −0.11%
2009 2,256 +0.81%
2014 2,228 −0.25%
2020 2,328 +0.73%
Source: INSEE[2]

Economy

The region is famous for wine, which is designated Cornas AOC.

See also

References

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  2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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