Annonay

Annonay is a town and commune in the north of the

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Ardèche département of France in the Rhône-Alpes region. It lies a few kilometres from the river Rhône, 75 kilometres south of Lyon and 40 from Saint-Étienne. The postal code is 07100 (and the INSEE code 07010). Population (1999) 17,457. The town's name may be of Roman origin.

Related Topics:
Ardèche - Département - France - Rhône-Alpes - Rhône - Lyon - Saint-Étienne - Postal code - INSEE - 1999 - Roman

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Annonay is built on the hill overlooking the meeting of the deep gorges of the Déôme and the Cance, the waters of which supply power to the factories of the town. By means of a dam across the Ternay, an affluent of the Déôme, to the north-west of the town, a reservoir is provided, in which an additional supply of water, for both industrial and domestic purposes, is stored. A tribunal of commerce, a board of trade-arbitrators, a branch of the Bank of France, and chambers of commerce and of arts and manufactures are among the public institutions.

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