Arrondissements of the Drôme department

There are 3 arrondissements in the Drôme department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of Drôme are:

 INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014)  Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 261  Die  Die 42,955  2,286.9    113 262  Nyons  Nyons  141,971  2,358.7    149 263  Valence  Valence  314,233  1,884.4    105

History
Since its creation, the Drôme department has had few changes:
 1790 : creation of the Drôme department with six districts: Romans, Valence, Die, Buis, Montélimar and Crest; Chabeuil was the capital but in the same year the capital was moved to Valence.
 1800 : the six districts were changed into four arrondissements: Valence, Die, Montélimar and Nyons.
 1926 : the arrondissement of Montélimar was eliminated.

Related pages
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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