Vivarais
Sign in to saveVivarais (; ; ) is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the département of Ardèche, named after its capital Viviers on the river Rhône. In feudal times part of the Holy Roman Empire with its bishop as count, it became in 1309 one of the Capetian territories as included in the Languedoc province of the French realm, and continued to be a French province until 1789.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Vivarais is referenced by 135 other articles, and connects out to France, Latin and Holy Roman Empire.
Vinony files it under Former provinces of France, Geography of Ardèche and Languedoc.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical province of France
- Part of
- Languedoc
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Ardèche
- Capital
- Viviers
- Location
- Occitania
- Image
- Aubenas06.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- native label
- Vivarés
- topic's main category
- Category:Vivarais
- Commons category
- Vivarais
- P8168
- St. Pantaleon
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Vivarais (; ; ) is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the département of Ardèche, named after its capital Viviers on the river Rhône. In feudal times part of the Holy Roman Empire with its bishop as count, it became in 1309 one of the Capetian territories as included in the Languedoc province of the French realm, and continued to be a French province until 1789.
In 1999, a wine region, Côtes du Vivarais AOC, was established near Côtes du Rhône in several communes of the south of département Ardèche and a few in northern Gard.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vivarais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.