Barnave

Barnave is a common French, located in the department of the Drome in the area the Rhone-Alps.

Its inhabitants is the Barnavoises and the Barnavois .

Geography

Barnave is a small village of the Diois located vis-a-vis the dome Pié Shoed (2040m) of the Glandasse. The territory is crossed by the Barnavette , small brook which is thrown in the river Drome. Distant of approximately 80 km of Valence the prefecture, the commune is to 15 km of Die, under prefecture and 13 km of Luc-in-Diois, place chief of canton.

Communes bordering

North in the West, South in the East:

Nature of the landscapes

The village of Barnave developed with the foot and on the blank of the hill of the Serre , along the brook, in small a circus bordered in north by the plate of Solaure and in the west by the mountain of Pennes . The nature of the landscapes is characterized by a strong opposition between the Ubac and the Adret: thick the national forest of coniferous, vis-a-vis the quasi omnipresence of the cultures and of oaks. The Viticulture is the dominant economic activity of the village, thus giving to see approximately 70 ha of slopes.

Architectural style

The typical architecture of the dwellings of the village of Barnave is a mixture of influances Roman (pointing out the hovels of Provence and their " Tile-channel " characteristics) and of vestiges of the medieval time . The stone, extracted from the fields on the Calcareous ground very and the rivers, was used as a basis for quasi totality of dwellings which compose the " Bourg". However, although they constitute very beautiful frontages, these stones are historically coated with lime.

Hamlets

the Greenhouse
Louine
Bégude
the Mill of Jansac
Perlette
the Brunets

Transportation routes

By roads

D 93: since the high one or the low valley of Drome
D 140: by the Collar of Warp ends (alt. 1040m)
D 340: access to the village

Public transport

There exists a service of school transport serving all the communes since the high valley of Drome, to convey the pupils with the College and Lycée of Diois. This service is accessible to the public. Also, a transport FOR THE THIRD TIME by Car is ensured by the SNCF in direction of the Gare of Die.

History

Etymology

Heraldic

Local life

Administration

Demography

Local economic activity

Agriculture: 62,5% of the population

Culture of the Pale Vine, type of vines Muscatel and exclusively used for the vignification of the Pale of Die Jaillance .
cereal Culture
Culture lavender field
Exploitation of To drown S (AOC Nut of Grenoble)
ovine Breeding of S
Bee-keeping
Horticulture and Co-operative Distillation
of use of farm equipment (CUMA)

Trade: 12,5% of the population

Aubergerie : Lodging S Coffee - Hotel - Restaurant
Craft industry sale:

Cosmetic Workshop of
Workshop of Ceramic Pottery
Workshop of

Teaching

Elementary school (single class any levels)

Health

Cabinet of doctor general practitioner
Cabinet of Osteopathy

Culture and Inheritance

Architectural heritage

Medieval period

There remains of important vestiges of the feudal time which developed a long time in Barnave. Most of the ruins of the old village are always visible, like some traces of the site of the castle. A large portion of the rampart and always upright (inhabited today), as well as the carries whose device supporting the harrow can be still well observed.

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