Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère | |
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 A view of Romans-sur-Isère and the river Isère | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Romans-sur-Isère  | |
  Romans-sur-Isère  Romans-sur-Isère | |
| Coordinates: 45°02′47″N 5°03′06″E / 45.0464°N 5.0517°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Valence |
| Canton | Romans-sur-Isère and Bourg-de-Péage |
| Intercommunality | CA Valence Romans Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Hélène Thoraval[1] |
Area 1 | 33.08 km2 (12.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 32,911 |
| • Density | 990/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.
Geography
[edit]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
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Economy
[edit]- Nuclear fuel manufacture (FBFC, Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible), Framatome subsidiary.
- Shoe manufacture (including Robert Clergerie)
History
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Collegiate Church of Saint-Barnard
- International Museum of Footwear
- Tower of Jacquemart clock
Twin towns - sister cities
[edit]Romans-sur-Isère is twinned with:[7]
Notable people
[edit]- 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
[edit]| 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] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Romans-sur-Isère.
- Town council website (in French)
- Communauté de communes du Pays de Romans website
- New Uranium Leak Found in French Areva Factory[usurped]
- . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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