Hauterives
Encyclopedia
Hauterives is a commune
in the Drôme
department in southeastern France
.
flows southwest through the middle of the commune. It is home to Ferdinand Cheval
's self-made Ideal Palace.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Drôme
Drôme
Drôme , a department in southeastern France, takes its name from the Drôme River.-History:The French National Constituent Assembly set up Drôme as one of the original 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution...
department in southeastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
The GalaureGalaure
The Galaure is a long river in the Isère and Drôme départements, southeastern France. Its source is in Roybon. It flows generally west-southwest...
flows southwest through the middle of the commune. It is home to Ferdinand Cheval
Ferdinand Cheval
Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le Palais Idéal in Hauterives...
's self-made Ideal Palace.