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
Valence, Drôme Media
Valence and the communes of its agglomeration
Valence, photograph taken from the sky, on the fly line between Marseille and Stockholm.
View of the ruined Château de Crussol, in Ardèche, seen from the esplanade of the Champ de Mars.
Landscape units of Valentinois
Temperature and rainfall curves of Valence in 1990
The A7 at the northern entrance to Valence, looking southbound.
Un bus de la Citéa à l'arrêt Turin dans le centre de Valence.
Façade of the gare de Valence-Ville. Statue of François-Désiré Bancel.
A train at the Valence-TGV railway station
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