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
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
No. of communes	101
Prefecture	Valence
Area	1,516.3 km2 (585.4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	297,519
INSEE code	263

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	Commune	Population[4] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
26362	Valence	62,150	Valence-1, Valence-2 Valence-3 and Valence-4	CA Valence Romans
26281	Romans-sur-Isère	33,366	Bourg-de-Péage and Romans-sur-Isère	CA Valence Romans
26058	Bourg-lès-Valence	19,591	Valence-1	CA Valence Romans
26057	Bourg-de-Péage	10,171	Bourg-de-Péage	CA Valence Romans
26252	Portes-lès-Valence	9,973	Valence-3	CA Valence Romans
26064	Chabeuil	6,880	Valence-2	CA Valence Romans
26325	Saint-Rambert-d'Albon	6,204	Saint-Vallier	Porte de Drômardèche
26313	Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence	6,102	Valence-1	CA Valence Romans
26347	Tain-l'Hermitage	6,005	Tain-l'Hermitage	CA Hermitage-Tournonais-Herbasse-Pays de Saint-Félicien
26124	Étoile-sur-Rhône	5,287	Loriol-sur-Drôme	CA Valence Romans
26088	Chatuzange-le-Goubet	5,222	Vercors-Monts du Matin	CA Valence Romans

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Drôme department
• Communes of the Drôme department

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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