Tauriers

Tauriers (French pronunciation: [toʁje]; Occitan: Taur) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.^[3]

Tauriers
Commune
The church and surrounding buildings in Tauriers
Location of Tauriers
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Coordinates: 44°33′09″N 4°16′53″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Largentière
Canton	Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Intercommunality	Val de Ligne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Liliane Kolacny[1]
Area 1	4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	203
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07318 /07110
Elevation	219–503 m (719–1,650 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

• 1790: Tauriers was detached from Chassiers.
• 1 December 1974 : Tauriers attached to Largentière.^[4]
• 1 January 1989 : Tauriers was re-established as an independent commune.^[5]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	90	—
1975	111	+3.04%
1982	147	+4.09%
1990	156	+0.75%
1999	166	+0.69%
2009	180	+0.81%
2014	184	+0.44%
2020	200	+1.40%
Source: INSEE[6]

Its inhabitants are called Taurierois (male) and Taurieroises (female) in French.

People linked to the commune

• Michel Sima (1912–1987), Polish sculptor, photographer and ceramicist best known for his photographic portraits of Picasso^[7] and of almost all the artists of the School of Paris,^[8] lived and died in Tauriers.
• Werner Reinisch (1930), painter, engraver.
• Françoise Dasque (1960), actress. Walked between 2010 and 2012 from Tauriers to China and Japan.
• Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albufera, (1770–1826), Marshal of the Empire, Pair de France, French soldier during Revolution and the Empire.

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department