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The Drôme department in France is divided into smaller areas called arrondissements. You can think of them like districts or boroughs. Each arrondissement has a main town, which is called a subprefecture.

Sometimes, the main town of the whole department (called the prefecture) is also the main town of one of its arrondissements. In Drôme, there are three arrondissements. These arrondissements are then divided into even smaller areas called communes, which are like towns or villages.

Here are the three arrondissements in the Drôme department:

INSEE
code
Arrondissement Capital Population
(2014)
Area
(km²)
Density
(Inh./km²)
Communes
261 Die Die 42,955 2,286.9 18.8 113
262 Nyons Nyons 141,971 2,358.7 60.2 149
263 Valence Valence 314,233 1,884.4 166.8 105

History of Drôme's Arrondissements

The way the Drôme department is divided has changed a few times since it was first created.

  • 1790: The Drôme department was first created. It had six smaller areas called districts. These districts were Romans, Valence, Die, Buis, Montélimar, and Crest. The first main town for the department was Chabeuil. However, in the same year, the main town was moved to Valence.
  • 1800: The six districts were changed into four arrondissements. These new arrondissements were Valence, Die, Montélimar, and Nyons.
  • 1926: The arrondissement of Montélimar was removed. This left the Drôme department with the three arrondissements it has today.

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