Portes-lès-Valence

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Portes-lès-Valence

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Coordinates: 44°52′27″N 4°52′37″E﻿ / ﻿44.8742°N 4.8769°E﻿ / 44.8742; 4.8769
Country| France
Region| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department| Drôme
Arrondissement| Valence
Canton| Valence-3
Intercommunality| CA Valence Romans Agglo
Government

• Mayor (2020–2026) | Geneviève Girard[1]

Area

| 14.42 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[2]

| 10,369
• Density| 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

26252 /26800

Elevation| 106–183 m (348–600 ft)
(avg. 142 m or 466 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Portes-lès-Valence (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt lɛ valɑ̃s], literally Portes near Valence; Occitan: Pòrtas) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence.

## Geography

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Portes-lès-Valence is situated in the south side of Valence and it is part of its urban area.

## Population

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1793 | 227| —
1800 | 201| −1.72%
1806 | 247| +3.49%
1821 | 343| +2.21%
1831 | 435| +2.40%
1836 | 430| −0.23%
1841 | 431| +0.05%
1846 | 468| +1.66%
1851 | 475| +0.30%
1856 | 497| +0.91%
1861 | 485| −0.49%
1866 | 448| −1.57%
1872 | 455| +0.26%
1876 | 515| +3.15%
1881 | 516| +0.04%
1886 | 518| +0.08%
1891 | 504| −0.55%
1896 | 526| +0.86%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1901 | 563| +1.37%
1906 | 556| −0.25%
1911 | 1,400| +20.28%
1921 | 1,582| +1.23%
1926 | 2,088| +5.71%
1931 | 2,555| +4.12%
1936 | 2,700| +1.11%
1946 | 2,737| +0.14%
1954 | 3,340| +2.52%
1962 | 4,580| +4.03%
1968 | 6,123| +4.96%
1975 | 6,834| +1.58%
1982 | 7,337| +1.02%
1990 | 7,818| +0.80%
1999 | 8,090| +0.38%
2007 | 9,304| +1.76%
2012 | 9,629| +0.69%
2017 | 10,610| +1.96%

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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

## International relations

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Portes-lès-Valance is twinned with:

* Baronissi \- Italy (2006)[5][6]

## See also

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* Communes of the Drôme department

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Portes-lès-Valence, EHESS (in French).
4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. ^ (in French) The twinnage with Baronissi (Commune of Porte-lès-Valence)
6. ^ (in Italian) Tenth anniversary of the twinnage with Portes-lès-Valence Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (Comune of Baronissi)]

## External links

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* (in French) Official site of Portes-lès-Valence

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Communes of the Drôme department

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* Albon
* Aleyrac
* Alixan
* Allan
* Allex
* Ambonil
* Ancône
* Andancette
* Anneyron
* Aouste-sur-Sye
* Arnayon
* Arpavon
* Arthémonay
* Aubenasson
* Aubres
* Aucelon
* Aulan
* Aurel
* Autichamp
* Ballons
* Barbières
* Barcelonne
* Barnave
* Barret-de-Lioure
* Barsac
* Bathernay
* La Bâtie-des-Fonds
* La Bâtie-Rolland
* La Baume-Cornillane
* La Baume-de-Transit
* La Baume-d'Hostun
* Beaufort-sur-Gervanne
* Beaumont-en-Diois
* Beaumont-lès-Valence
* Beaumont-Monteux
* Beauregard-Baret
* Beaurières
* Beausemblant
* Beauvallon
* Beauvoisin
* La Bégude-de-Mazenc
* Bellecombe-Tarendol
* Bellegarde-en-Diois
* Bénivay-Ollon
* Bésayes
* Bésignan
* Bézaudun-sur-Bîne
* Bonlieu-sur-Roubion
* Bouchet
* Boulc
* Bourdeaux
* Bourg-de-Péage
* Bourg-lès-Valence
* Bouvante
* Bouvières
* Bren
* Brette
* Buis-les-Baronnies
* Chabeuil
* Chabrillan
* Le Chaffal
* Chalancon
* Le Chalon
* Chamaloc
* Chamaret
* Chanos-Curson
* Chantemerle-les-Blés
* Chantemerle-lès-Grignan
* La Chapelle-en-Vercors
* La Charce
* Charens
* Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse
* Charols
* Charpey
* Chastel-Arnaud
* Châteaudouble
* Châteauneuf-de-Bordette
* Châteauneuf-de-Galaure
* Châteauneuf-du-Rhône
* Châteauneuf-sur-Isère
* Châtillon-en-Diois
* Châtillon-Saint-Jean
* Chatuzange-le-Goubet
* Chaudebonne
* La Chaudière
* Chauvac-Laux-Montaux
* Chavannes
* Clansayes
* Claveyson
* Cléon-d'Andran
* Clérieux
* Cliousclat
* Cobonne
* Colonzelle
* Combovin
* Comps
* Condillac
* Condorcet
* Cornillac
* Cornillon-sur-l'Oule
* La Coucourde
* Crépol
* Crest
* Crozes-Hermitage
* Crupies
* Curnier
* Diesubpr
* Dieulefit
* Divajeu
* Donzère
* Échevis
* Épinouze
* Érôme
* Espeluche
* Espenel
* Establet
* Étoile-sur-Rhône
* Eurre
* Eygalayes
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* Eygluy-Escoulin
* Eymeux
* Eyroles
* Eyzahut
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* Félines-sur-Rimandoule
* Ferrassières
* Francillon-sur-Roubion
* La Garde-Adhémar
* Génissieux
* Gervans
* Geyssans
* Gigors-et-Lozeron
* Glandage
* Le Grand-Serre
* Grane
* Les Granges-Gontardes
* Granges-les-Beaumont
* Grignan
* Gumiane
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* La Laupie
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* Marsaz
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* Montaulieu
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* Montbrison-sur-Lez
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* Montéléger
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* Montélimar
* Montferrand-la-Fare
* Montfroc
* Montguers
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* Montjoyer
* Montlaur-en-Diois
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* Montmeyran
* Montmiral
* Montoison
* Montréal-les-Sources
* Montségur-sur-Lauzon
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* Le Poët-Célard
* Le Poët-en-Percip
* Le Poët-Laval
* Le Poët-Sigillat
* Pommerol
* Ponet-et-Saint-Auban
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* Saint-Andéol
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* Saint-Avit
* Saint-Bardoux
* Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals
* Saint-Benoit-en-Diois
* Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris
* Saint-Dizier-en-Diois
* Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse
* Sainte-Croix
* Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
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* Sainte-Jalle
* Saint-Ferréol-Trente-Pas
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