DRÔME (26)
County of Rhône-Alpes
6525 Km2
About 390 000 inhabitants
Chief town : Valence
Sub-prefectures: Die et Nyons
The Drôme County spreads over the Vercors Mountains on the East and over the Rhone Valley on the South,
both separated by the Drôme Valley. Visiting craftmen in old villages, winding through the cellars of Côtes du Rhône,
strolling in the old Valence pedestrian streets, many activities combined with dynamism and conviviality.
Discover the heart of the county hiking in the high hills or in the fields of lavander.
The Drôme County enables anyone to enjoy many cultural sites : the Ideal Palace of the Postman named Cheval, the
Chateau of Grignan haunted by Marquise of Sevigne's memory or watersports (rafting, canyonning....)
It is also a county where demography is increasing, communication network is being developped,
thanks to waterways, roadways and railways.