Banne is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. Banne is located some 32 km nort…Banne is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. Banne is located some 32 km north by north-east of Alès and 40 km south by south-west of Aubenas. The southern border of the western arm of the commune is the departmental border between Ardèche and Gard. The village is at the top of a hill and seems cut in half with Le Fort to the north and L'Eglise to the south and a tangle of streets, stairways, and terraced gardens. It is an old mining town with coal deposits of high quality coke.