Bourg-lès-Valence

Bourg-lès-Valence (French pronunciation: [buʁ valɑ̃s]; Occitan: Lo Borg de Valença) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence. The archaeologist and Hellenist Fernand Courby (1878–1932) was born in Bourg-lès-Valence.

Bourg-lès-Valence
The centre of Bourg-lès-Valence
Location of Bourg-lès-Valence
Bourg-lès-Valence
Bourg-lès-Valence
Coordinates: 44°56′55″N 4°53′46″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementValence
CantonValence-1
IntercommunalityCA Valence Romans Agglo
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Marlène Mourier
Area
1
20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
19,581
  Density960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26058 /26500
Elevation99–200 m (325–656 ft)
Websitehttp://www.bourg-les-valence.fr/
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In 2014–2019, Bourg-lès-Valence was twinned with the town of Shusha (Shushi) of the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, but de jure part of Azerbaijan. In 2019, the administrative court of Grenoble declared the partnership treaty null and void due to the municipality having exceeded its power by unilaterally signing it and France's non-recognition of the de facto state.

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