The Gorges de l’Ardèche Community of Communes, in the south of the département, is crossed by the river Ardèche and is home to the famous Gorges de l’Ardèche nature reserve.

Community of communes of the Gorges de l’Ardèche

With 20 communes and 15,087 inhabitants, the Gorges de l’Ardèche Community of Communes is the most southerly local authority, on the administrative border with the Gard department in the Occitanie region.

Initially created in 2015 around 15 communes, this community has gradually grown to cover an area of 413 square kilometres (^km2) with a population of 14,835 in 2015, a density of just 36 inhabitants per square kilometre.

A major tourist attraction in the Ardèche, the region includes the Gorges de l’Ardèche nature reserve, the Chauvet cave site with its famous replica attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, and the Orgnac cave and museum.

The head office of the communauté de communes is located in the town of Vallon-pont-d’Arc; and here are the other towns and villages:

List of municipalities

• Balazuc
• Bessas
• Chauzon
• Grospierres
• Labastide-de-Virac
• Labeaume
• Lagorce
• Lanas
• Orgnac-l’Aven
• Pradons
• Rochecolombe
• Ruoms
• Saint-Alban-Auriolles
• Saint-Maurice-d’Ardèche
• Saint-Remèze
• Salavas
• Sampzon
• Vagnas
• Vallon-Pont-d’Arc
• Vogüé

Map of the community of communes

• IGN maps of the Ardèche gorges

Official website

Presentation of the Gorges de l’Ardèche Community of Communes: daily life, discovering the area, business, the environment and focus on the communes on the official website of the community:

Pont d’Arc Ardèche Tourist Office

Official website and diary of the tourist office of the community of communes, called Gorges de l’Ardèche Pont d’Arc:

Where to sleep?

Are you looking for a hotel, apartment rental in Vallon pont d’Arc and the Ardèche Gorges Community of Communes? Find the accommodation of your choice according to your criteria, your dates and your budget:

Transport to Vallon en Ardèche

• Road transport: Ardèche coaches and buses
• Drôme railway stations and trains
• All transport in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

In association with the EPCI des gorges de l’Ardèche

• Village de Vogüé en Ardèche (07200)
• Communauté de Communes des Gorges de l’Ardèche
• Les sept Grottes de l’Ardèche des Gorges
• Itinéraires routiers vers la grotte Chauvet en Ardèche
• Vallon-pont-d’Arc, ville de l’Ardèche (07150)
• Karst et crues cévenoles : la lente danse qui a ouvert l’arche du Pont d’Arc
• Les Bicyclarts
• Grotte Chauvet 2, une plongée unique dans le paléolithique et la caverne du Pont d’Arc

• The Ardèche gorges: maps and guide
• Wikipedia presentation
• Material Safety Data Sheet, BANATIC
• Regional statistics, INSEE