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.

## 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