Valence, Drôme Facts for Kids

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Valence

Valença

Prefecture and commune

View of the city of Valence

Coat of arms

Valence

Location in France

Valence

Location in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

Valence-1, 2, 3 and 4

Intercommunality

Valence-Romans Sud Rhône-Alpes

Area

36.69 km² (14.17 sq mi)

Population

(2012)

62,481

• Density

1,702.94/km² (4,410.6/sq mi)

Valentinois

• Summer (DST)

INSEE/Postal code

26362 /26000

Elevation

106–191 m (348–627 ft)
(avg. 123 m or 404 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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

Images for kids

Valence and the communes of its agglomeration
An aerial view of Valence
Landscape units of Valentinois
Temperature and rainfall curves of Valence in 1990
Location of the A7 and A49 autoroutes in Valence.
The A7 at the northern entrance to Valence, looking southbound.
Frédéric Mistral Bridge.
Citéa bus in Valence.
Façade of the gare de Valence-Ville. Statue of François-Désiré Bancel.
A Libélo bicycle station, in the city centre of Valence
View of the southern districts of Valence from the plateau of Lautagne
Territory of the Allobroges.
Evocation of the southern gateway to the city of Valentia under the early Roman Empire.
The Segiun gateway (1900), built from 1827 replaced the old stone bridge, and then by the current Frédéric Mistral Bridge.
A steam train of Ardèche, in the Place de la République (in 1910)
The city hall
Panorama of Valence seen from the right bank of the Rhône, at Guilherand-Granges, in the territory of Ardèche.
Jean Étienne Vachier, called Championnet, general of the armies of the Republic
Giannangelo Braschi, better known under the name Pie VI, he was the 250th pope of the Catholic Church.
Mathias Malzieu, singer of the rock group Dionysos
Memorial to the Manouchian group of Valence
A "côte" of Valence, on leaving the place de la Pierre (Basse ville)
The côte Saint-Martin. In the distance, the ruins of the Château de Crussol (Ardèche)
Stairs of the côte Saint-Martin
The Sylvante gate
The top of the côte Sylvante.
Dragées de Valence
Bell tower of the Saint-Apollinaire Cathedral
Gate of the former prefecture
Côte des Chapeliers, home of the Marquis of Veynes.

Valence, Drôme facts for kids

Sister cities

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