Chomérac

Chomérac (French pronunciation: [ʃɔmeʁak]; Occitan: Tchaoumeïra) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

It is located approximately 10 km away from both the Rhône valley to the east and Privas (capital of the department) to the west.

Chomérac is located on the eastern foothills of the Massif Central, 10 km (6.2 mi) away from the Rhône, in a large valley incised in cretaceous marls by the Payre and Vérone rivers, south east of the Jurassic limestone plateau of Les Grads and north of the Miocene basaltic plateau Les Coirons.

As a natural pathway from Rhône valley to the Massif Central mountains, Chomérac has been inhabited for a very long time.

Alternately besieged by both parties, the stronghold changed side six times, up until the siege of 1628, when the Catholics decisively took over the village from the Huguenots.