Valence, Drôme

Valence is a city in the south of France, along the Rhône river. It is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the Drôme department in France.

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Valence Valença
Valence depuis Crussol (04).jpg
View of the city of Valence
Coat of arms of Valence
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Valence
Canton	Valence-1, 2, 3 and 4
Intercommunality	Valence-Romans Sud Rhône-Alpes
Mayor	Nicolas Daragon (2014–2020)
Statistics
Elevation	106–191 m (348–627 ft) (avg. 123 m/404 ft)
Land area1	36.69 km2 (14.17 sq mi)
Population2	62,481  (2012)
- Density	1,703/km2 (4,410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	26362/ 26000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sister cities

Valence is twinned with:

• Asti, Italy, since 1966
• Biberach an der Riss, Germany, since 1967
• Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom, since 1969
• Ijevan, Armenia, since 1996
• Gedera, Israel, since 1997

Valence, Drôme Media

• Valence and the communes of its agglomeration

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  Valence, photograph taken from the sky, on the fly line between Marseille and Stockholm.

• Ruines du chateau de Crussol depuis Valence - 2014-09-27- P1940399.JPG

  View of the ruined Château de Crussol, in Ardèche, seen from the esplanade of the Champ de Mars.

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  Landscape units of Valentinois

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  Temperature and rainfall curves of Valence in 1990

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  Location of the A7 and A49 autoroutes in Valence.

• L'autouroute A7 à Valence.JPG

  The A7 at the northern entrance to Valence, looking southbound.

• Un bus de la Citéa à l'arrêt Turin dans le centre de Valence.

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  Façade of the gare de Valence-Ville. Statue of François-Désiré Bancel.

• A train at the Valence-TGV railway station