The arrondissement of Valence is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Drôme département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Valence.

History
When the Drôme department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Valence was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Valence is the most northern of the arrondissements of the department; it is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of , but the one with more people living in it, with 314,233 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Valence is bordered to the north and east by the Isère department, to the south by the arrondissement of Die and to the west by the Ardèche department.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 12 cantons in the arrondissement of Valence: they are:

 Bourg-de-Péage (2601)
 Crest (2602) (partly)
 Drôme des collines (2605)
 Loriol-sur-Drôme (2607) (partly)
 Romans-sur-Isère (2611)
 Saint-Vallier (2612)
 Tain-l'Hermitage (2613)
 Valence-1 (2615)
 Valence-2 (2616)
 Valence-3 (2617)
 Valence-4 (2618)
 Vercors-Monts du Matin (2619) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Valence has 105 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Albon (26002)
 Alixan (26004)
 Ambonil (26007)
 Andancette (26009)
 Anneyron (26010)
 Arthémonay (26014)
 Barbières (26023)
 Barcelonne (26024)
 Bathernay (26028)
 La Baume-Cornillane (26032)
 La Baume-d'Hostun (26034)
 Beaumont-lès-Valence (26037)
 Beaumont-Monteux (26038)
 Beauregard-Baret (26039)
 Beausemblant (26041)
 Beauvallon (26042)
 Bésayes (26049)
 Bourg-de-Péage (26057)
 Bourg-lès-Valence (26058)
 Bren (26061)
 Chabeuil (26064)
 Le Chalon (26068)
 Chanos-Curson (26071)
 Chantemerle-les-Blés (26072)
 Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse (26077)
 Charpey (26079)
 Châteaudouble (26081)
 Châteauneuf-de-Galaure (26083)
 Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (26084)
 Châtillon-Saint-Jean (26087)
 Chatuzange-le-Goubet (26088)
 Chavannes (26092)
 Claveyson (26094)
 Clérieux (26096)
 Combovin (26100)
 Crépol (26107)
 Crozes-Hermitage (26110)
 Épinouze (26118)
 Érôme (26119)
 Étoile-sur-Rhône (26124)
 Eymeux (26129)
 Fay-le-Clos (26133)
 Génissieux (26139)
 Gervans (26380)
 Geyssans (26140)
 Le Grand-Serre (26143)
 Granges-les-Beaumont (26379)
 Hauterives (26148)
 Hostun (26149)
 Jaillans (26381)
 Lapeyrouse-Mornay (26155)
 Larnage (26156)
 Laveyron (26160)
 Lens-Lestang (26162)
 Malissard (26170)
 Manthes (26172)
 Marches (26173)
 Margès (26174)
 Marsaz (26177)
 Mercurol-Veaunes (26179)
 Miribel (26184)
 Montchenu (26194)
 Montéléger (26196)
 Montélier (26197)
 Montmeyran (26206)
 Montmiral (26207)
 Montrigaud (26210)
 Montvendre (26212)
 Moras-en-Valloire (26213)
 La Motte-de-Galaure (26216)
 Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (26218)
 Mureils (26219)
 Ourches (26224)
 Parnans (26225)
 Peyrins (26231)
 Peyrus (26232)
 Ponsas (26247)
 Pont-de-l'Isère (26250)
 Portes-lès-Valence (26252)
 Ratières (26259)
 La Roche-de-Glun (26271)
 Rochefort-Samson (26273)
 Romans-sur-Isère (26281)
 Saint-Avit (26293)
 Saint-Bardoux (26294)
 Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals (26295)
 Saint-Bonnet-de-Valclérieux (26297)
 Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris (26298)
 Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse (26301)
 Saint-Laurent-d'Onay (26310)
 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence (26313)
 Saint-Martin-d'Août (26314)
 Saint-Michel-sur-Savasse (26319)
 Saint-Paul-lès-Romans (26323)
 Saint-Rambert-d'Albon (26325)
 Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire (26330)
 Saint-Uze (26332)
 Saint-Vallier (26333)
 Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie (26382)
 Serves-sur-Rhône (26341)
 Tain-l'Hermitage (26347)
 Tersanne (26349)
 Triors (26355)
 Upie (26358)
 Valence (26362)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Drôme department
 Communes of the Drôme department

References

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