Arrondissement of Valence

The arrondissement of Valence is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Drôme département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Valence.

Valence
Arrondissement
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
No. of communes101
PrefectureValence
Area
1,516.3 km2 (585.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
297,519
INSEE code263

History

When the Drôme department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Valence was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Valence is the most northern of the arrondissements of the department; it is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of 1,884.4 square kilometres (728 square miles),[3] but the one with more people living in it, with 314,233 inhabitants and a population density of 166.8 inhabitants/km².[4]

The arrondissement of Valence is bordered to the north and east by the Isère department, to the south by the arrondissement of Die and to the west by the Ardèche department.

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 12 cantons in the arrondissement of Valence: they are:

  1. Bourg-de-Péage (2601)
  2. Crest (2602) (partly)
  3. Drôme des collines (2605)
  4. Loriol-sur-Drôme (2607) (partly)
  5. Romans-sur-Isère (2611)
  6. Saint-Vallier (2612)
  7. Tain-l'Hermitage (2613)
  8. Valence-1 (2615)
  9. Valence-2 (2616)
  10. Valence-3 (2617)
  11. Valence-4 (2618)
  12. Vercors-Monts du Matin (2619) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Valence has 105 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Albon (26002)
  2. Alixan (26004)
  3. Ambonil (26007)
  4. Andancette (26009)
  5. Anneyron (26010)
  6. Arthémonay (26014)
  7. Barbières (26023)
  8. Barcelonne (26024)
  9. Bathernay (26028)
  10. La Baume-Cornillane (26032)
  11. La Baume-d'Hostun (26034)
  12. Beaumont-lès-Valence (26037)
  13. Beaumont-Monteux (26038)
  14. Beauregard-Baret (26039)
  15. Beausemblant (26041)
  16. Beauvallon (26042)
  17. Bésayes (26049)
  18. Bourg-de-Péage (26057)
  19. Bourg-lès-Valence (26058)
  20. Bren (26061)
  21. Chabeuil (26064)
  22. Le Chalon (26068)
  23. Chanos-Curson (26071)
  24. Chantemerle-les-Blés (26072)
  25. Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse (26077)
  26. Charpey (26079)
  27. Châteaudouble (26081)
  28. Châteauneuf-de-Galaure (26083)
  29. Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (26084)
  30. Châtillon-Saint-Jean (26087)
  31. Chatuzange-le-Goubet (26088)
  32. Chavannes (26092)
  33. Claveyson (26094)
  34. Clérieux (26096)
  35. Combovin (26100)
  36. Crépol (26107)
  37. Crozes-Hermitage (26110)
  38. Épinouze (26118)
  39. Érôme (26119)
  40. Étoile-sur-Rhône (26124)
  41. Eymeux (26129)
  42. Fay-le-Clos (26133)
  43. Génissieux (26139)
  44. Gervans (26380)
  45. Geyssans (26140)
  46. Le Grand-Serre (26143)
  47. Granges-les-Beaumont (26379)
  48. Hauterives (26148)
  49. Hostun (26149)
  50. Jaillans (26381)
  51. Lapeyrouse-Mornay (26155)
  52. Larnage (26156)
  53. Laveyron (26160)
  54. Lens-Lestang (26162)
  55. Malissard (26170)
  56. Manthes (26172)
  57. Marches (26173)
  58. Margès (26174)
  59. Marsaz (26177)
  60. Mercurol-Veaunes (26179)
  61. Miribel (26184)
  62. Montchenu (26194)
  63. Montéléger (26196)
  64. Montélier (26197)
  65. Montmeyran (26206)
  66. Montmiral (26207)
  67. Montrigaud (26210)
  68. Montvendre (26212)
  69. Moras-en-Valloire (26213)
  70. La Motte-de-Galaure (26216)
  71. Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (26218)
  72. Mureils (26219)
  73. Ourches (26224)
  74. Parnans (26225)
  75. Peyrins (26231)
  76. Peyrus (26232)
  77. Ponsas (26247)
  78. Pont-de-l'Isère (26250)
  79. Portes-lès-Valence (26252)
  80. Ratières (26259)
  81. La Roche-de-Glun (26271)
  82. Rochefort-Samson (26273)
  83. Romans-sur-Isère (26281)
  84. Saint-Avit (26293)
  85. Saint-Bardoux (26294)
  86. Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals (26295)
  87. Saint-Bonnet-de-Valclérieux (26297)
  88. Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris (26298)
  89. Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse (26301)
  90. Saint-Laurent-d'Onay (26310)
  91. Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence (26313)
  92. Saint-Martin-d'Août (26314)
  93. Saint-Michel-sur-Savasse (26319)
  94. Saint-Paul-lès-Romans (26323)
  95. Saint-Rambert-d'Albon (26325)
  96. Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire (26330)
  97. Saint-Uze (26332)
  98. Saint-Vallier (26333)
  99. Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie (26382)
  100. Serves-sur-Rhône (26341)
  101. Tain-l'Hermitage (26347)
  102. Tersanne (26349)
  103. Triors (26355)
  104. Upie (26358)
  105. Valence (26362)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
26362Valence62,150Valence-1, Valence-2
Valence-3 and Valence-4		CA Valence Romans
26281Romans-sur-Isère33,366Bourg-de-Péage
and Romans-sur-Isère		CA Valence Romans
26058Bourg-lès-Valence19,591Valence-1CA Valence Romans
26057Bourg-de-Péage10,171Bourg-de-PéageCA Valence Romans
26252Portes-lès-Valence9,973Valence-3CA Valence Romans
26064Chabeuil6,880Valence-2CA Valence Romans
26325Saint-Rambert-d'Albon6,204Saint-VallierPorte de Drômardèche
26313Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence6,102Valence-1CA Valence Romans
26347Tain-l'Hermitage6,005Tain-l'HermitageCA Hermitage-Tournonais-Herbasse-Pays de Saint-Félicien
26124Étoile-sur-Rhône5,287Loriol-sur-DrômeCA Valence Romans
26088Chatuzange-le-Goubet5,222Vercors-Monts du MatinCA Valence Romans

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de la Drôme". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. "Arrondissement de Valence (263)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. "Département de la Drôme (26)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  6. "Arrondissement de Valence (263)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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