Suze, Drôme

Suze
Commune
The town hall in Suze
Location of Suze
Suze Suze
Coordinates: 44°45′37″N 5°06′48″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Crest
Intercommunality	Val de Drôme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bérangère Driay
Area 1	14.43 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	242
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26346 /26400
Elevation	239–730 m (784–2,395 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Suze is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France in the foothills of the Alps, its buildings are in a steeply-sloped village above a small tributary feeding into the Drôme which runs from the east into the Rhône.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1911	331	—
1962	189	−42.9%
1968	223	+18.0%
1975	177	−20.6%
1982	187	+5.6%
1990	164	−12.3%
1999	226	+37.8%
2008	252	+11.5%

Landmarks

The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.

Geographic context

Suze is centred 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Crest, the main population and the administrative centre of the canton. Gigors-et-Lozeron, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Cobonne, Aouste-sur-Sye,Mirabel-et-Blacons and Montclar-sur-Gervanne border Suze.

Etymology/topology

The name is a corruption of segusia, "forceful", given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components sego meaning "force or vigour", and a suffix -us(e/a/ia). The same etymology describes Suze-la-Rousse to the south in Drôme and in Piedmont, Italy: Susa, which has a French name, Suse.

Personalities

• Peter II, Count of Savoy was born in Suze in 1203.

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department