The arrondissement of Valence is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in the

Drôme Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.

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in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

. It has 101

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. Its population is 292,801 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Valence, and their

INSEE code The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and ''départements''. They are also used as national identification ...

s, are: # Albon (26002) #

Alixan Alixan (; oc, Aleissan) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Valence TGV station, in the west of the commune, has rail connections to Valence, Grenoble, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier and several other destinations. ...

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Andancette Andancette () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Geography Andancette is located: * from Saint-Rambert-d'Albon * from Saint-Vallier * from Valence Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The fol ...

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Anneyron Anneyron () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes cooperate in the ...

(26010) # Arthémonay (26014) # Barbières (26023) # Barcelonne (26024) # Bathernay (26028) # La Baume-Cornillane (26032) #

La Baume-d'Hostun La Baume-d'Hostun (; oc, La Bauma d'Ostun) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France ...

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Beaumont-lès-Valence Beaumont-lès-Valence (, literally ''Beaumont near Valence''; oc, Bèumont de Valença) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 ...

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Beaumont-Monteux Beaumont-Monteux (; oc, Bèlmont e Montèls) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of Fran ...

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Beauregard-Baret Beauregard-Baret (; oc, Bèlregard de Barret) is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department References External links Offici ...

(26039) # Beausemblant (26041) # Beauvallon (26042) # Bésayes (26049) #

Bourg-de-Péage Bourg-de-Péage (; Vivaro-Alpine dialect of oc, Lo Borg dau Peatge, ; ca, Lo Peatge de Pisançon) is a commune in the Drôme department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Its inhabitants are called ''Péageois''; in 2017, the popul ...

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Bourg-lès-Valence Bourg-lès-Valence (; oc, Lo Borg de Valença) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence. The archaeologist and Hellenist Fernand Courby (1878–1932) was born in Bourg-lès-Valence. In 2014–2019 ...

(26058) # Bren (26061) #

Chabeuil Chabeuil (; oc, Chabuelh) is a commune of the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population Notable people * Lauriane Doumbouya, French-born First Lady of Guinea (2021 - present) See also *Communes of the Drôme department The foll ...

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Le Chalon Le Chalon () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes cooperate in th ...

(26068) # Chanos-Curson (26071) #

Chantemerle-les-Blés Chantemerle-les-Blés is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes cooper ...

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Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse (; oc, Charmas d'Erbaça) is a commune of the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department ...

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Charpey Charpey (; oc, Charpei) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes c ...

(26079) # Châteaudouble (26081) #

Châteauneuf-de-Galaure Châteauneuf-de-Galaure is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Châteauneuf-de-Galaure has a Franciscan abbey, in the course of being restored, with a cart-track. Geography The Galaure flows southwest through the southern ...

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Châteauneuf-sur-Isère Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (; oc, label=Vivaro-Alpine, Chasteunuòu d'Isèra) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population Personalities It was the birthplace of St. Hugh of Châteauneuf. See also *Communes of the Dr� ...

(26084) # Châtillon-Saint-Jean (26087) #

Chatuzange-le-Goubet Chatuzange-le-Goubet (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Chatusange e los Gobets'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. A hoard of Roman silver objects was found in the commune in the nineteenth century. Known as the Chatuzange Treasure ...

(26088) # Chavannes (26092) # Claveyson (26094) # Clérieux (26096) #

Combovin Combovin () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department *Parc naturel régional du Vercors The Vercors Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional du Verco ...

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Crépol Crépol (; frp, Crèpôl) is a rural commune in the southeastern Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in France. It is located northwest of Valence, not far from the departmental border with Isère, in the Dauphiné historical ...

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Crozes-Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage (; oc, Croses e Ermitatge) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population Wine Wine is produced under the Crozes-Hermitage AOC designation. See also *Communes of the Drôme department The follo ...

(26110) # Épinouze (26118) #

Érôme Érôme (; oc, Erauma) is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme dep ...

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Étoile-sur-Rhône Étoile-sur-Rhône (, literally ''Étoile on Rhône''; oc, Estiala) is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a ...

(26124) # Eymeux (26129) #

Fay-le-Clos Fay-le-Clos () is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of ...

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Génissieux Génissieux (; oc, Geniciu) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes ...

(26139) # Gervans (26380) # Geyssans (26140) #

Le Grand-Serre Le Grand-Serre () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Geography The Galaure flows west through the northern part of the commune, then forms part of its north-western border. The nearest communes are Marcollin and Saint ...

(26143) # Granges-les-Beaumont (26379) #

Hauterives Hauterives () is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in southeastern France. It is home to Ferdinand Cheval's self-made Palais idéal. Geography The Galaure flows southwest through the middle of the comm ...

(26148) # Hostun (26149) # Jaillans (26381) # Lapeyrouse-Mornay (26155) # Larnage (26156) # Laveyron (26160) # Lens-Lestang (26162) # Malissard (26170) # Manthes (26172) #

Marches In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of borderland, as opposed to a national "heartland". More specifically, a march was a border between realms or a neutral buffer zone under joint control of two states in which diff ...

(26173) # Margès (26174) #

Marsaz Marsaz is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes cooperate in the foll ...

(26177) # Mercurol-Veaunes (26179) # Montchenu (26194) #

Montéléger Montéléger (; oc, Montalagier) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The com ...

(26196) # Montélier (26197) #

Montmeyran Montmeyran (; oc, Montmairan) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The commune ...

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Montmiral Montmiral () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes cooperate in th ...

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Montvendre Montvendre () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes cooperate in t ...

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Moras-en-Valloire Moras-en-Valloire is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department References

Communes of Drôme {{Drôme-geo-stub ...

(26213) # Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (26218) # Ourches (26224) # Parnans (26225) #

Peyrins Peyrins (; oc, Pairin) is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department References

Communes of Drôme {{Drôme-geo-stu ...

(26231) # Peyrus (26232) # Ponsas (26247) # Pont-de-l'Isère (26250) #

Portes-lès-Valence Portes-lès-Valence (, literally ''Portes near Valence''; oc, Pòrtas) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence. Geography Portes-lès-Valence is situated in the south side of Valence and it is p ...

(26252) # Ratières (26259) #

La Roche-de-Glun La Roche-de-Glun (; oc, La Ròcha de Glun) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It lies on the left bank of the Rhône, opposite the village Glun (Ardèche department). Population See also *Communes of the Drôme dep ...

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Rochefort-Samson Rochefort-Samson () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France. The communes cooperat ...

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Romans-sur-Isère Romans-sur-Isère (; Occitan: ''Rumans d'Isèra''; Old Occitan: ''Romans'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Geography Romans-sur-Isère is located on the Isère, northeast of Valence. There are more than 50,000 in ...

(26281) # Saint-Avit (26293) # Saint-Bardoux (26294) #

Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Geography The Galaure forms most of the commune's northern border. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of ...

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Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris ( frp, Sent-Cristofllo-et-lo-Larrés) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Dr� ...

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Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Donat'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. The writer and literary prizes winner Isabelle Hausser was born in Saint-Donat. Population Twin towns — sister cities ...

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Saint-Jean-de-Galaure Saint-Jean-de-Galaure () is a commune in the Drôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in southeastern France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2022, of the communes of La Motte-de-Galaure and Mureils.Saint-Laurent-d'Onay (26310) #

Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence (, literally ''Saint-Marcel near Valence''; oc, Sant Marçau de Valença) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population Geography The commune of Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence borders the cit ...

(26313) # Saint-Martin-d'Août (26314) # Saint-Michel-sur-Savasse (26319) # Saint-Paul-lès-Romans (26323) #

Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Saint-Rambert-d'Albon (, literally ''Saint-Rambert of Albon''; frp, Sent-Rambèrt) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population Notable residents * Wilfride Piollet, ballerina International relations Saint-Rambe ...

(26325) # Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire (26330) #

Saint-Uze Saint-Uze (; frp, Sent-Uson) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Geography The Galaure forms most of the commune's southern border. Population Notables *Félix-Marie Abel See also *Communes of the Drôme department ...

(26332) # Saint-Vallier (26333) # Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie (26382) # Serves-sur-Rhône (26341) #

Tain-l'Hermitage Tain-l'Hermitage (; oc, Tinh de l'Ermitatge or ), commonly known as Tain, is a commune in the French department of Drôme, southeastern France. Geography It is located on the left bank of the river Rhône, opposite Tournon-sur-Rhône, which is l ...

(26347) # Tersanne (26349) # Triors (26355) # Upie (26358) # Valence (26362) #

Valherbasse Valherbasse () is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in southeastern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Montrigaud (the seat), Miribel, Drôme, Miribel and S ...

(26210)

History

The arrondissement of Valence was created in 1800.Historique de la Drôme
/ref> In 2006 the four cantons of Dieulefit, Marsanne, Montélimar-1 and Montélimar-2 that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Valence were assigned to the arrondissement of Nyons.INSEE
Modifications territoriales At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Drôme, it lost 17 communes to the arrondissement of Die and one commune to the arrondissement of Nyons, and it gained one commune from the arrondissement of Die. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Valence were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 26 Drôme
INSEE #

# Bourg-lès-Valence # Chabeuil # Le Grand-Serre #

Loriol-sur-Drôme Loriol-sur-Drôme (, literally ''Loriol on Drôme''; Vivaro-Alpine: ''L’Auriòu de Droma'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Loriol is situated in the Rhône valley, between Valence and Montélimar. The neighbouri ...

# Portes-lès-Valence # Romans-sur-Isère-1 # Romans-sur-Isère-2 # Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse # Saint-Jean-en-Royans # Saint-Vallier #

# Valence-1 # Valence-2 # Valence-3 # Valence-4

References

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