What is Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche?
{{Infobox French commune |name=Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche |image=St.Maurice-d'Ardèche (Ardèche, Fr) église, côté entrée.JPG |arrondissement=Privas |canton=Villeneuve-de-Berg |INSEE=07272 |postal code=07200 |mayor=Jean Claude Bacconnier |term=2001-2008 |intercommunality= |coordinates = {{coord|44.5219444444|4.40027777778|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m=168 |elevation min m=121 |elevation max m=300 |area km2=5.19 |population=241 |population date=1999 }} ''' Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche ''' is a [[Communes of the Ardèche department|commune]] in the [[Ardèche]] ''[[departments of France|département]]'' in southern [[France]]. ==History== Saint-Maurice was built around a [[Benedictine]] [[convent]] in the [[11th century]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ardeche-evasion.com/eglise-k20-3509.html|title=Origin of the commune|accessdate=29 July 2010}}</ref> The commune changed its name many times. Before the [[French Revolution]] the name was ''Saint-Maurice-Terlin'' ([[contraction]] of ''Terre à lin'' - Land of [[Flax]]) because the inhabitants grew flax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ardeche-evasion.com/eglise-k20-3509.html|title=Origin of the first name|accessdate=29 July 2010}}</ref> The village then became ''Saint Maurice Torsinet'' in 1793. Eight years later, in 1801, the name was changed again, first to ''Saint-Maurice-en-Lanas'' then ''Saint-Maurice-et-Lanas''. In 1846 it was simply ''Saint-Maurice''. The current name, ''Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche'' appeared between 1846 and 1861. It is because the commune is close to the [[river]] ''Ardèche''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=33587|title=Cassini|accessdate=29 July 2010|archive-date=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DsIfGafj?url=http://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=33587|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Geography== The village is between the communes of [[Aubenas]] and [[Ruoms]]. It is close to the river ''Ardèche''. There are many [[vineyard]]s there.<ref>{{ci