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Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay
Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay
Commune
	The church and surrounding buildings in Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay
	Location of Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay
	Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay
	Coordinates: 45°17′13″N 4°37′37″E / 45.2869°N 4.6269°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Canton	Annonay-1
Intercommunality	Annonay Rhône Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurence Dumas
Area 1	16.61 km2 (6.41 sq mi)
Population (2023)	1,357
• Density	81.70/km2 (211.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07265 /07100
Elevation	411–860 m (1,348–2,822 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl lɛ.z‿anɔnɛ]; Occitan: Sant Marcèl d'ès Anonai) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

The village was founded in 972. The Deûme passes through Saint-Marcel and flows into the Cance with Annonay. Water from these rivers come from the granitic areas and is very pure. Their patent rights have been recognized for several centuries with the rise of paper mills. The paper mills of Annonay by Montgolfier-Canson formed only two groups in the 18th century from Vidalon and Faya-Largeau.

In 1805, Jean-Baptiste de Montgolfier was detached from Vidalon to create a factory in Saint-Marcel. Paper production was a large contributor to the rise of the commune and was the main industry for a long period of time. The employees of paper mills were called les usines, French for factory and formed the integral part of their culture and life.

The small commune formed only industrial and is residential today, the magnificent buildings mixed with modern buildings.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.