Bourg-lès-Valence
Bourg-lès-Valence | |
|---|---|
 The centre of Bourg-lès-Valence | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Bourg-lès-Valence  | |
  Bourg-lès-Valence  Bourg-lès-Valence | |
| Coordinates: 44°56′55″N 4°53′46″E / 44.9486°N 4.8961°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Valence |
| Canton | Valence-1 |
| Intercommunality | CA Valence Romans Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Marlène Mourier |
| Area 1 | 20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 18,356 |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26058 /26500 |
| Elevation | 99–200 m (325–656 ft) |
| Website | http://www.bourg-les-valence.fr/ |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bourg-lès-Valence is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence. The archaeologist and Hellenist Fernand Courby (1878–1932) was born in Bourg-lès-Valence.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 2,072 | — |
| 1800 | 2,086 | +0.7% |
| 1806 | 1,900 | −8.9% |
| 1821 | 2,647 | +39.3% |
| 1831 | 2,820 | +6.5% |
| 1836 | 2,898 | +2.8% |
| 1841 | 3,059 | +5.6% |
| 1846 | 3,110 | +1.7% |
| 1851 | 2,870 | −7.7% |
| 1856 | 3,057 | +6.5% |
| 1861 | 3,276 | +7.2% |
| 1866 | 3,615 | +10.3% |
| 1872 | 3,536 | −2.2% |
| 1876 | 3,757 | +6.2% |
| 1881 | 3,572 | −4.9% |
| 1886 | 3,995 | +11.8% |
| 1891 | 3,928 | −1.7% |
| 1896 | 4,336 | +10.4% |
| 1901 | 4,436 | +2.3% |
| 1906 | 4,750 | +7.1% |
| 1911 | 5,072 | +6.8% |
| 1921 | 5,241 | +3.3% |
| 1926 | 5,869 | +12.0% |
| 1931 | 6,471 | +10.3% |
| 1936 | 6,772 | +4.7% |
| 1946 | 7,662 | +13.1% |
| 1954 | 8,348 | +9.0% |
| 1962 | 10,856 | +30.0% |
| 1968 | 12,812 | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 15,616 | +21.9% |
| 1982 | 16,033 | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 18,230 | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 18,347 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 18,356 | +0.0% |
Since October 2014, Bourg-lès-Valence is twinned with the town of Shushi (Shusha) of the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, but de jure part of Azerbaijan.
See also
References
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