Aubenas

Aubenas Aubenàs (Occitan)
Commune
Aubenas seen from the castle ramparts
Coat of arms
Location of Aubenas
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Coordinates: 44°37′14″N 4°23′28″E / 44.6206°N 4.3911°E / 44.6206; 4.3911
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Largentière
Canton	Aubenas-1, Aubenas-2
Intercommunality	CC Bassin Aubenas
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Meyer[1]
Area 1	14.32 km2 (5.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	12,360
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07019 /07200
Elevation	170–421 m (558–1,381 ft) (avg. 237 m or 778 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aubenas (French pronunciation: [ob(ə)na]; Occitan: Aubenàs) is a commune in the southern part of the Ardèche department in Southern France. It is the seat of several government offices. The mountainous and rugged countryside is popular for vacation homes. The river Ardèche flows through the commune. Aubenas is one of the most populous communes in the Ardèche department with 12,479 inhabitants as of 2019, after Annonay and before Guilherand-Granges and Tournon-sur-Rhône.

Aubenas is the centre of an urban area, composed of 22 towns and villages including Vals-les-Bains,^[3] with 41,568 inhabitants (2018).^[4] Aside from its long-year commercial activity, it 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.