Romans-sur-Isère (original) (raw)
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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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 A view of Romans-sur-Isère and the river Isère |
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| Coordinates: 45°02′47″N 5°03′06″E / 45.0464°N 5.0517°E / 45.0464; 5.0517 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Valence |
| Canton | Romans-sur-Isère and Bourg-de-Péage |
| Intercommunality | CA Valence Romans Agglo |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Hélène Thoraval[1] |
| Area1 | 33.08 km2 (12.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 33,139 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26281 /26100 |
| Elevation | 122–291 m (400–955 ft) (avg. 167 m or 548 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Romans-sur-Isère (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmɑ̃ syʁizɛːʁ]; Occitan: Rumans d'Isèra;[3] Old Occitan: Romans) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Romans-sur-Isère is located on the Isère, 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Valence. There are more than 50,000 inhabitants in the urban area (if the neighboring town of Bourg-de-Péage is included). Romans is close to the Vercors.
Historical population
| YearPop.±% p.a.1793 5,742— 1800 6,473+1.73%1806 6,997+1.31%1821 8,837+1.57%1831 9,285+0.50%1836 9,972+1.44%1841 9,471−1.03%1846 9,958+1.01%1851 10,869+1.77%1856 11,219+0.64%1861 11,257+0.07%1866 11,524+0.47%1872 12,674+1.60%1876 12,923+0.49%1881 13,806+1.33%1886 14,733+1.31%1891 16,545+2.35%1896 16,702+0.19% | YearPop.±% p.a.1901 17,140+0.52%1906 17,622+0.56%1911 17,201−0.48%1921 17,054−0.09%1926 17,596+0.63%1931 18,957+1.50%1936 19,489+0.56%1946 22,171+1.30%1954 22,559+0.22%1962 26,377+1.97%1968 31,545+3.03%1975 33,030+0.66%1982 33,152+0.05%1990 32,734−0.16%1999 32,667−0.02%2007 33,234+0.22%2012 33,701+0.28%2017 33,160−0.32% |
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
- Nuclear fuel manufacture (FBFC, Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible), Framatome subsidiary.
- Shoe manufacture (including Robert Clergerie)
- Historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie wrote Carnaval de Romans (1980) a microhistorical study, based on the only two surviving eyewitness accounts, of the 1580 massacre of about twenty artisans at the annual carnival in the town. He treats the massacre as a microcosm of the political, social and religious conflicts of rural society in the latter half of the 16th century in France.
- On 18 July 2017, the town was the end point for Stage Sixteen of the Tour De France.
- On 4 April 2020, two people were killed and five wounded in a knife attack, in what the interior minister called a terrorist incident. Prosecutors said the suspect was a Sudanese refugee in his 30s who lived in the town.[6]
- Collegiate Church of Saint-Barnard
- International Museum of Footwear
- Tower of Jacquemart clock
Collegiate Church of Saint-Barnard
Twin towns - sister cities
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Romans-sur-Isère is twinned with:[7]
- Hippolyte Charles (1773-1837), lover of Joséphine Bonaparte
- Robert Clergerie, shoe designer
- Érik Comas (1963-), former Formula One driver
- Pierre Latour (1993-), cyclist
- Jules Nadi (1872-1928), former mayor and councilor who did much to develop the city
- Baptiste Reynet, professional footballer
- Philippe Saint-André, rugby player and national team coach
- Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally, general of Irish Jacobite ancestry
| Climate data for Romans-sur-Isère (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.1(71.8) | 22.2(72.0) | 25.9(78.6) | 30.1(86.2) | 34.5(94.1) | 39.5(103.1) | 41.1(106.0) | 40.8(105.4) | 35.0(95.0) | 30.0(86.0) | 23.8(74.8) | 18.6(65.5) | 41.1(106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.1(46.6) | 9.9(49.8) | 14.7(58.5) | 18.2(64.8) | 22.4(72.3) | 26.6(79.9) | 29.3(84.7) | 29.0(84.2) | 24.0(75.2) | 18.7(65.7) | 12.4(54.3) | 8.4(47.1) | 18.5(65.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4(39.9) | 5.4(41.7) | 9.1(48.4) | 12.2(54.0) | 16.3(61.3) | 20.2(68.4) | 22.3(72.1) | 22.1(71.8) | 17.9(64.2) | 13.7(56.7) | 8.4(47.1) | 5.0(41.0) | 13.1(55.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.8(33.4) | 0.9(33.6) | 3.5(38.3) | 6.2(43.2) | 10.3(50.5) | 13.7(56.7) | 15.4(59.7) | 15.1(59.2) | 11.7(53.1) | 8.8(47.8) | 4.4(39.9) | 1.5(34.7) | 7.7(45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.2(8.2) | −10.3(13.5) | −11.2(11.8) | −6.5(20.3) | 0.9(33.6) | 5.3(41.5) | 7.1(44.8) | 5.1(41.2) | 1.7(35.1) | −4.2(24.4) | −9.1(15.6) | −12.0(10.4) | −13.2(8.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.3(2.06) | 41.8(1.65) | 51.5(2.03) | 72.9(2.87) | 83.7(3.30) | 66.1(2.60) | 59.0(2.32) | 68.8(2.71) | 104.4(4.11) | 115.8(4.56) | 106.0(4.17) | 54.4(2.14) | 876.7(34.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 92.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[8] |
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Bouvier, Jean-Claude (1976) Les parlers provençaux de la Drôme. Étude de géographie phonétique, coll. Bibliothèque française et romane A-33, Paris: Klincksieck, pp. 445-518
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Romans-sur-Isère, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "France launches terror probe after knife attack". BBC News. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Relations internationales". ville-romans.fr (in French). Romans-sur-Isère. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Romans (26)". Meteociel. Retrieved 14 December 2024.