Portes-lès-Valence (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt lɛ valɑ̃s], literally Portes near Valence; Occitan: Pòrtas) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence.
Portes-lès-Valence | |
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 Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Portes-lès-Valence  | |
  Portes-lès-Valence  Portes-lès-Valence | |
| Coordinates: 44°52′27″N 4°52′37″E / 44.8742°N 4.8769°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Valence |
| Canton | Valence-3 |
| Intercommunality | CA Valence Romans Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Geneviève Girard[1] |
Area 1 | 14.42 km2 (5.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 10,422 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26252 /26800 |
| Elevation | 106–183 m (348–600 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editPortes-lès-Valence is situated in the south side of Valence and it is part of its urban area.
Population
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International relations
editPortes-lès-Valance is twinned with:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Portes-lès-Valence, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) The twinnage with Baronissi (Commune of Porte-lès-Valence)
- ^ (in Italian) Tenth anniversary of the twinnage with Portes-lès-Valence Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (Comune of Baronissi)]
External links
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- (in French) Official site of Portes-lès-Valence
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