Portes-lès-Valence

Portes-lès-Valence (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt lɛ valɑ̃s], literally Portes near Valence; Occitan: Pòrtas) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence.

Portes-lès-Valence
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Portes-lès-Valence
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Coordinates: 44°52′27″N 4°52′37″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Valence
Canton	Valence-3
Intercommunality	CA Valence Romans Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Geneviève Girard[1]
Area 1	14.42 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	10,369
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26252 /26800
Elevation	106–183 m (348–600 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Portes-lès-Valence is situated in the south side of Valence and it is part of its urban area.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 227 —     1800 201 −1.72% 1806 247 +3.49% 1821 343 +2.21% 1831 435 +2.40% 1836 430 −0.23% 1841 431 +0.05% 1846 468 +1.66% 1851 475 +0.30% 1856 497 +0.91% 1861 485 −0.49% 1866 448 −1.57% 1872 455 +0.26% 1876 515 +3.15% 1881 516 +0.04% 1886 518 +0.08% 1891 504 −0.55% 1896 526 +0.86%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 563 +1.37% 1906 556 −0.25% 1911 1,400 +20.28% 1921 1,582 +1.23% 1926 2,088 +5.71% 1931 2,555 +4.12% 1936 2,700 +1.11% 1946 2,737 +0.14% 1954 3,340 +2.52% 1962 4,580 +4.03% 1968 6,123 +4.96% 1975 6,834 +1.58% 1982 7,337 +1.02% 1990 7,818 +0.80% 1999 8,090 +0.38% 2007 9,304 +1.76% 2012 9,629 +0.69% 2017 10,610 +1.96%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

International relations

Portes-lès-Valance is twinned with:

• Baronissi - Italy (2006)^[5][6]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department