Marcols-les-Eaux

Marcols-les-Eaux

Marcols-les-Eaux

Marcols-les-Eaux is located in France
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Marcols-les-Eaux
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ardèche
Arrondissement Privas
Canton Saint-Pierreville
Intercommunality Châtaigniers
Mayor François Blache
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 671–1,345 m (2,201–4,413 ft)
(avg. 729 m/2,392 ft)
Land area1 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Population2 334  (2008)
 - Density 21 /km2 (54 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 07149/ 07190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°48′57″N 4°24′01″E / 44.81583°N 04.40028°E / 44.81583; 04.40028

Marcols-les-Eaux is a commune in the Ardèche department of southern France.

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History

Known as Marcovolos during the 11th century and then Marcouls during the 12th century, the village became Saint-Julien-d'Ursival (name first mentioned in 1573), Saint-Julien being the parish of the town. In 1790, the village is renamed Marcols by the revolutionaries willing to get rid of any references to the Catholic Church. In 1912, the town becomes Marcols-les-Eaux since many mineral water sources are found throughout the village. A source was actually exploited for bottled mineral water until the late 1950s. In 1912 also, 36% of the commune's territory are detached in order to form the new town of Albon-d'Ardèche.

On November 4, 1943, an airplane of the British Royal Air Force, dropping guns and munitions to the local Resistance during the night, crashes against the Bourboulas pike, in Marcols-les-Eaux. All of the 6 British crew members died. They were buried on the next day in the village cemetery by the inhabitants. Their tombstones are still visible nowadays.

On August 7, 1944, the German Luftwaffe, suspecting the inhabitants to supply the local Resistance with food, bombs the village several times during the day killing three local civilians and destroying a couple of farms and houses. A plate commemorating this bloody event was inaugurated along the wall of the commune's cemetery.

Population

Until 1912, the two communes of Marcols-les-Eaux and Albon-d'Ardèche formed a single commune named Marcols, hence differences between the demographic trends of pre-1912 and post-1912.

Historical population of Marcols-les-Eaux
1841 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1954 1962 1968
1889 1913 1896 1927 823 692 597 307 454
1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
353 325 300 303 334

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