Romans-sur-Isère

Romans-sur-Isère
Commune
A view of Romans-sur-Isère and the river Isère
A view of Romans-sur-Isère and the river Isère
Coat of arms of Romans-sur-Isère
Coat of arms
Location of Romans-sur-Isère
Map
Romans-sur-Isère is located in France
Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère
Coordinates: 45°02′47″N 5°03′06″E / 45.0464°N 5.0517°E / 45.0464; 5.0517
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementValence
CantonRomans-sur-Isère and Bourg-de-Péage
IntercommunalityCA Valence Romans Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Hélène Thoraval[1]
Area
1
33.08 km2 (12.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
33,139
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26281 /26100
Elevation122–291 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.

Geography

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.

Population

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%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Economy

History

  • 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]

Sights

Collegiate Church of Saint-Barnard

Twin towns - sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Romans-sur-Isère is twinned with:[7]

Notable people

Climate

Climate data for Romans-sur-Isère (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present)
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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Romans-sur-Isère, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "France launches terror probe after knife attack". BBC News. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Relations internationales". ville-romans.fr (in French). Romans-sur-Isère. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Normales et records pour Romans (26)". Meteociel. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
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