- His situation :
- Malleval is in the urban area of Vienna. It is a small medieval town attached to a rocky outcrop dominating the gorge of Batalon, in the Pilat massif.
- The commune has a Mediterranean micro-climate and has Opuntia humifusa cactus in the wild.
- His history :
- The castle of Malaval is mentioned as early as 1157 and the village is at the end of the 13th century a castellany, possession of the house of Forez. Renaud de Forez, youngest son of Jean de Forez, is destined first to become a priest but in 1324, he marries Marguerite of Savoy. Having become rich by his marriage, he enlarged his domain by buying the parishes of Chavanay and Pélussin. At this time the castle is beautified and Malleval develops. This period is short-lived because Renaud does not leave an heir and goes mad after being taken prisoner at the Battle of Brignais.
- At the end of the 16th century, during the wars of religion, Baron de Bressieu ravaged the village and emptied it of all its inhabitants.
- The inhabitants of the village are Mallaviauds and Mallaviaudes.
