commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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.
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southeastern
France
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in the foothills of the Alps, its buildings are in a steeply-sloped village above a small tributary feeding into the Drôme which runs from the east into the
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...
.
Population
Landmarks
The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.
Geographic context
Suze is centred northeast of
Crest
Crest or CREST may refer to:
Buildings
*The Crest (Huntington, New York), a historic house in Suffolk County, New York
*"The Crest", an alternate name for 63 Wall Street, in Manhattan, New York
*Crest Castle (Château Du Crest), Jussy, Switzerla ...
, the main population and the administrative centre of the canton. Gigors-et-Lozeron, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Cobonne, Aouste-sur-Sye, Mirabel-et-Blacons and Montclar-sur-Gervanne border Suze.
Etymology/topology
The name is a corruption of ''segusia'', 'forceful', given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components ''sego'' meaning 'force or vigour', and a suffix . The same etymology describes
Suze-la-Rousse
Suze-la-Rousse (; oc, Susa la Rossa) is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in southeastern France, situated in the heart of the Rhône Valley vineyards
Location
Suze-la-Rousse is located southeast of ...
Peter II, Count of Savoy
Peter II (120315 May 1268), called the Little Charlemagne, held the Honour of Richmond, Yorkshire, England (but not the Earldom), from April 1240 until his death, holder of the Honour of l’Aigle, and was Count of Savoy (now part of France, Swit ...
was born in Suze in 1203.
See also
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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 following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Drôme
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