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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| 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) |
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| 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
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Valence, Drôme Media
The Maison des Têtes and the Grande Rue (1830).
Territory of the Allobroges.
Evocation of the southern gateway to the city of Valentia under the early Roman Empire.
The old gate of the Saint-Ruf Abbey.
The Saint-Apollinaire Cathedral, seen from the Place des Ormeaux in Vieux Valence.
The city was connected to the railway in 1854. Valence-Ville Station is shown here with the statue of Bancel, in the 1920s.
The Segiun gateway (1900), built from 1827 replaced the old stone bridge, and then by the current Frédéric Mistral Bridge.
A steam train of Ardèche, in the Place de la République (in 1910)
Memorial to the Manouchian group of Valence
Valence and the communes of its agglomeration
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