What is Largentière?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Largentière |image flag = |image flag size = |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Largentière (Ardèche).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Largentieres07.jpg |caption = A view of Largentière. |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|44.5436|4.2942|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Largentière |canton = Vallon-Pont-d'Arc |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Val de Ligne |mayor = Jean-Roger Durand |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 284 |elevation min m = 147 |elevation max m = 420 |area km2 = 7.22 | population demonym = Largentiérois |population = 1734 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 07132 |postal code = 07710 |website = [http://www.largentiere.fr/ www.largentiere.fr] }} '''Largentière''' ({{lang-oc|L'Argentièira}}) is a [[Communes of France|''commune'']] in the [[Ardèche]] [[Departments of France|department]] of the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southeastern France. It is a ''[[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]]'' of the department. ==Name== Its name, used since the thirteenth century in place of its more ancient name ''Segualeriae'' (Ségualières), refers to the silver mines in the area between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. == Geography == The ''commune'' of Largentière is in the southern part of the Ardèche department, in the narrow [[valley]] of the ''Ligne'