Arrondissement of Valence

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.

### 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:

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

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Valence has 105 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26362|Valence|62,150|Valence-1, Valence-2 Valence-3 and Valence-4 || CA Valence Romans||
|26281|Romans-sur-Isère|33,366|Bourg-de-Péage and Romans-sur-Isère || CA Valence Romans||
|26058|Bourg-lès-Valence|19,591|Valence-1|CA Valence Romans|
|26057|Bourg-de-Péage|10,171|Bourg-de-Péage|CA Valence Romans|
|26252|Portes-lès-Valence|9,973|Valence-3|CA Valence Romans|
|26064|Chabeuil|6,880|Valence-2|CA Valence Romans|
|26325|Saint-Rambert-d'Albon|6,204|Saint-Vallier|Porte de Drômardèche|
|26313|Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence|6,102|Valence-1|CA Valence Romans|
|26347|Tain-l'Hermitage|6,005|Tain-l'Hermitage|CA Hermitage-Tournonais-Herbasse-Pays de Saint-Félicien|
|26124|Étoile-sur-Rhône|5,287|Loriol-sur-Drôme|CA Valence Romans|
|26088|Chatuzange-le-Goubet|5,222|Vercors-Monts du Matin|CA Valence Romans|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Drôme department
- Communes of the Drôme department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Valence
- **insee**: 263
- **nbcomm**: 101
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Valence, Drôme, Valence
- **area**: 1516.3
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Valence 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes