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Valence is a commune in France, situated in the Drôme department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It serves as the capital of the Drôme, the arrondissement of Valence, and the cantons of Valence-1 and Valence-4. The town is located next to the Rhône river and has an area of 36.69 square kilometers. Its postal code is 26000, and it is governed by Nicolas Daragon.
The population of Valence is recorded as 68,604. The municipality shares borders with Guilherand-Granges, Soyons, Alixan, and Beaumont-lès-Valence. Valence is twinned with Asti, Clacton-on-Sea, Gedera, and Batroun. Elevation data varies by source, with figures listed at 191, 138, and 126 meters above sea level.
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Place details
- Locality
- Valence
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 63,864
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Valença
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Drôme
- Population
- 64431
- Area
- 36.69
- Elevation
- 142
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Shares border with
- Portes-lès-Valence
- Official website
- www.valence.fr
- Image
- Kiosque 2004-09-18 009.jpg
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- Commons category
- Valence (Drôme)
- postal code
- 26000
- topic's main category
- Category:Valence, Drôme
- twinned administrative body
- Ijevan
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Valence
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Valence
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Valence, Drôme
- different from
- Valence
- male population
- 30214
- female population
- 33500
- social media followers
- 6001
- P8168
- Lufengpithecus
- phone number
- +33-4-75-79-20-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Valence ( US: /vəˈlɒ̃s, væˈlɒ̃s/, French: [valɑ̃s] ; Occitan: Valença [vaˈlensɔ]) is a commune in southeastern France, the prefecture of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhône, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Lyon, along the railway line that runs from Paris to Marseille.
Valence proper has about 64,000 inhabitants, and is the centre of an urban area with 132,000 inhabitants. The city is divided into four cantons.
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