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Vivarais refers to a part of France:

a traditional region in the south-east of the country, covering the département of Ardèche
Ardèche

Ard?che is a departments of France in south-central France named after the Ard?che River....
, named after its capital Viviers
Viviers, Ardèche

Viviers is a Communes of France in the Departments of France of Ard?che in southern France.It is a small walled city situated on the right bank of the Rh?ne River....
on the river Rhône
Rhône River

The Rhone, or the Rh?ne is one of the major rivers of Europe, originating in Switzerland and running from there through the south-eastern corner of France....
. In feudal times part of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
with its bishop as a count, it became in 1309 one of the Capetian
House of Capet

For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...
territories as included in Languedoc
Languedoc

Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day List of regions in France of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyr?n?es in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyr?n?es....
province of the French realm
the wine region Côtes du Vivarais AOC
Côtes du Vivarais AOC

C?tes du Vivarais is a wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e in the northwestern extreme of the southern Rh?ne of France. The wines are produced in 9 communes of France of the Ard?che departments of France, and in 5 communes of the department of the Gard....
established in 1999 near Côtes du Rhône in several communes of the south of département Ardèche and a few in northern Gard
Gard

Gard is a departments of France located in Southern France France in the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France. It is named after the river Gardon ....
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