Privas

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Coordinates: 44°44′09″N 4°35′49″E / 44.7358333333, 4.597

Commune of Privas

Location
Privas (France)
Privas
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ardèche
Arrondissement Privas
Canton Privas
Intercommunality Privas Rhône et Vallées
Mayor Yves Chastan
Statistics
Elevation 200 m–750 m
(avg. 294 m)
Land area¹ 12.14 km²
Population²
(1999)
9,170
 - Density 755/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 07186/ 07000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Privas is a commune of France, capital of the Ardèche département. It is the second-smallest administrative center of any departement in France, larger than only the commune of Foix. It is the fifth-largest commune in the Ardèche, behind Annonay, Aubenas, Guilherand-Granges, and Tournon-sur-Rhône.

It is the birthplace of French footballer Cyril Théréau.

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