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Marcols-les-Eaux
Commune
The church in Marcols-les-Eaux
Location of Marcols-les-Eaux
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Coordinates: 44°48′57″N 4°24′01″E / 44.8158°N 04.4003°E / 44.8158; 04.4003
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Privas
Canton	Haut-Eyrieux
Intercommunality	CA Privas Centre Ardèche
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	François Blache^[1]
Area ¹	16 km² (6 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	275
• Density	17/km² (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07149 /07190
Elevation	671–1,345 m (2,201–4,413 ft) (avg. 729 m or 2,392 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marcols-les-Eaux (French pronunciation: [maʁkɔl le.z‿o]; Occitan: Marcols) is a commune in the Ardèche department of southern France.

History

Known as Marcovolos during the 11th century and then Marcouls during the 12th century, the village became Saint-Julien-d'Ursival (first mentioned in 1573), Saint Julian the Hospitaller being the patron of the town. In 1790, the village is renamed Marcols by the revolutionaries willing to remove any references to the Catholic Church. In 1912, the town becomes Marcols-les-Eaux as many mineral water sources are found throughout the village. A source was exploited for bottled mineral water until the late 1950s. In 1912, 36% of the commune's territory are detached to form the new town of Albon-d'Ardèche.

On 4 November 1943, an airplane of the British Royal Air Force, dropping guns and munitions to the local Resistance during the night, crashes against the Bourboulas pike, in Marcols-les-Eaux. 7 of the 8 crew members died.^[3] They were buried the next day in the village cemetery by the inhabitants. Their tombstones are still visible.

On 7 August 1944, the German Luftwaffe, suspecting the inhabitants of supplying the local Resistance with food, bombs the village several times during the day killing three local civilians and destroying a couple of farms and houses. A plate commemorating this bloody event was inaugurated along the wall of the commune's cemetery.