Valence

44º57N 4º54E, pop (2001e) 64 200. Market town and capital of Drôme department, Rhône-Alpes region, SE France; on the R Rhône, 186 km/116 mi NNW of Marseille; birthplace of Emile Augier, Paul Ricoeur, André Téchiné; railway; 11th-c Romanesque cathedral (largely rebuilt, 17th-c); temple of St Ruf; fortified town was only accessible from the harbours until construction of present boulevards (1785); silks, hosiery, vineyards, agricultural market.

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Valence is the name of several communes of France:

Valence, préfecture (capital) of the Drôme département Valence, in the Charente département Valence, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département

also:

Valence-d'Albigeois, in the Tarn département Valence-en-Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne département Valence-sur-Baïse, in the Gers département

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