The Vivarais (in Occitan Vivarés ) was, before 1789, a province pertaining to the province of Languedoc. It extended on a territory corresponding roughly to the Département from Ardeche.

History

Personalities of Vivarais

• the cardinal François de Tournon
• Pierre Davity
• Olivier de Serres
• Charles Auguste of Fare
• Antoine Court
• the cardinal of Bernis
• the Brothers Montgolfier
• François-Antoine de Boissy d' Anglas
• Jean-Louis Giraud-Soulavie
• Honore Flaugergues
• Marc Seguin
• Auguste Bravais
• Georges Gouy
• Vincent d' Indy
• Charles Seignobos
• Marie-Joseph Canteloube
• the family Chazallon
• It Duke of Merry
• Jacques Dondoux (mayor of Saint-Agrève and minister under Mitterrand)
• Madam of Vivarais, sister of Augustin of Ferriol of Argental, abbess of the convent of Clarisses with Annonay.
• the abbot Jean Charay