Bourg-lès-Valence

Bourg-lès-Valence
The centre of Bourg-lès-Valence
The centre of Bourg-lès-Valence
Coat of arms of Bourg-lès-Valence
Location of Bourg-lès-Valence
Bourg-lès-Valence is located in France
Bourg-lès-Valence
Bourg-lès-Valence
Bourg-lès-Valence is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourg-lès-Valence
Bourg-lès-Valence
Coordinates: 44°56′55″N 4°53′46″E
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Valence
Canton Valence-1
Intercommunality CA Valence Romans Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marlène Mourier
Area
1
20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)
19,581
 • Density 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26058 /26500
Elevation 99–200 m (325–656 ft)
Website http://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.

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.

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.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1793 2,072 —    
1800 2,086 +0.10%
1806 1,900 −1.54%
1821 2,647 +2.24%
1831 2,820 +0.64%
1836 2,898 +0.55%
1841 3,059 +1.09%
1846 3,110 +0.33%
1851 2,870 −1.59%
1856 3,057 +1.27%
1861 3,276 +1.39%
1866 3,615 +1.99%
1872 3,536 −0.37%
1876 3,757 +1.53%
1881 3,572 −1.00%
1886 3,995 +2.26%
1891 3,928 −0.34%
1896 4,336 +2.00%
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1901 4,436 +0.46%
1906 4,750 +1.38%
1911 5,072 +1.32%
1921 5,241 +0.33%
1926 5,869 +2.29%
1931 6,471 +1.97%
1936 6,772 +0.91%
1946 7,662 +1.24%
1954 8,348 +1.08%
1962 10,856 +3.34%
1968 12,812 +2.80%
1975 15,616 +2.87%
1982 16,033 +0.38%
1990 18,230 +1.62%
1999 18,347 +0.07%
2007 18,351 +0.00%
2012 19,305 +1.02%
2017 19,975 +0.68%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also