Valence, Drôme facts for kids

Valence
	Valence; Valença
	View of the city of Valence
Administration
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Valence
Intercommunality	Valence-Romans Sud Rhône-Alpes
Mayor	Nicolas Daragon; (2014–2020)
Statistics
Elevation	106–191 m (348–627 ft); (avg. 123 m or 404 ft*)
Land area1	36.69 km2 (14.17 sq mi)
Population2	62,481 (2012)
- Density	1,703/km2 (4,410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	26362/ 26000
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°56′00″N 4°53′30″E / 44.9333°N 4.8917°E / 44.9333; 4.8917

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 train at the Valence-TGV railway station
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
Nicolas Daragon, mayor of Valence since 2014
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
Laurent Joubert, physician to King Henry III of Navarre.
Giannangelo Braschi, better known under the name Pie VI, he was the 250th pope of the Catholic Church.
Anne-Sophie Pic, three-star chef
Sébastien Chabal, player for the French national rugby union team
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 côte Sylvante
The Sylvante gate
The top of the côte Sylvante.
Côte Saint-Estève under the cathedral
Dragées de Valence
Bell tower of the Saint-Apollinaire Cathedral
Gate of the former prefecture
Statue of Bonaparte on Place Porte Neuve
Côte des Chapeliers, home of the Marquis of Veynes.
Côte des Chapeliers