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    Valence (US: /vəˈlɒ̃s, væˈlɒ̃s/, French: [valɑ̃s] ; Occitan: Valença [vaˈlensɔ]) is a commune in southeastern France, the prefecture of the Drôme department...
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    Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019. Drôme's prefecture is Valence. Saint-Vallier in Drôme was the birthplace of one...
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  • Charente department Valence, Drôme, Drôme, a commune and prefecture of the Drôme department University of Valence, a medieval university Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne...
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  • Valence Romans Drôme Rugby (formerly L’Union sportive romanaise and péageoise) is a French rugby union club based in Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme). For the...
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    The Chauffeurs de la Drôme (The Heaters of Drôme) was a gang of four French criminals who were responsible for a wave of theft, torture, and murder in...
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  • Association Sportive d'Origine Arménienne de Valence was a French football team playing in the city of Valence, Drôme. The team dissoved in 2005 due to financial...
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    Anne-Sophie Pic (category People from Valence, Drôme)
    She currently holds 10 Michelin stars. Anne-Sophie Pic was born in Valence, Drôme, in France on 12 July 1969. She is the daughter of chef Jacques Pic...
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    Loriol-sur-Drôme, between Valence and Montélimar. Tributaries of the Drôme include the Bez (or Bès), the Roanne and the Gervanne. The Drôme flows through...
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    high-speed rail line running from north to south between Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, Drôme and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, also featuring a connection to Nîmes...
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    Jovinus fled for his life, but was besieged and captured in Valentia (Valence, Drôme) and taken to Narbo (Narbonne), where Caius Posthumus Dardanus, the...
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    Paul Ricœur (category People from Valence, Drôme)
    of metaphor, and narrative theory." Paul Ricœur was born in 1913 in Valence, Drôme, France, to Léon "Jules" Ricœur (23 December 1881 – 26 September 1915)...
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  • Valence (formerly Association Sportive Valence), simply known as Valence, is a French association football club based in the town of Valence, Drôme....
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    Sébastien Chabal (category Sportspeople from Valence, Drôme)
    Chabalmania. Born on 8 December 1977 in Valence, Drôme, Chabal grew up in Beaumont-lès-Valence in the Drôme department in southeast France. His modest...
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  • Folimage is a French animation studio, based in Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme, France. It was founded in 1981 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The studio produces animation...
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    Lauriane Doumbouya (category People from Drôme)
    duty police officer in the French National Gendarmerie in the town of Valence, Drôme. She is married to the Guinean military officer Mamady Doumbouya. The...
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    Valence Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire de Valence) is a Roman Catholic church in Valence, Drôme, France. The cathedral is in the Romanesque...
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    Émile Augier (category People from Valence, Drôme)
    Académie française on 31 March 1857.[citation needed] Augier was born at Valence, Drôme, the grandson of Pigault Lebrun, and belonged to the well-to-do bourgeoisie...
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    (01). Capital: Bourg-en-Bresse Ardèche (07). Capital: Privas Drôme (26). Capital: Valence Isère (38). Capital: Grenoble Loire (42). Capital: Saint-Étienne...
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  • Catherine Langeais (category People from Valence, Drôme)
    Catherine Langeais, born Marie-Louise Terrasse, (9 August 1923 in Valence, Drôme – 23 April 1998 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines), was a French television...
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    Maison Pic (category Valence, Drôme)
    Maison Pic is a top five star hotel and restaurant located in Valence, Drôme, France. Established in 1889 by Eugene and Sophie Pic, the restaurant first...
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    Bourg-lès-Valence (French pronunciation: [buʁ lɛ valɑ̃s]; Occitan: Lo Borg de Valença) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It...
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  • Voulte-Valence (French: Rhône ovalie club La Voulte-Valence) is a French rugby union club based in Valence, Drôme and playing home matches in Valence and...
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  • expressionist sculptor. Since he graduated from the Valence Art School (École régionale des beaux-arts de Valence, (Drôme), in 1983, Georges Meurdra has mainly devoted...
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    in the Drôme department in southeastern France. The commune of Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence borders the city of Valence, the prefecture of Drôme. Communes...
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    Érôme (category Communes of Drôme)
    Erauma) is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Communes of the Drôme department "Répertoire national...
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    be broken on the wheel, a penalty reserved for serious offenders, in Valence, Drôme on 26 May. He was executed on 26 May 1755 in front of 6,000 onlookers...
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    (Côtes-d'Armor) Guéret (Creuse) Périgueux (Dordogne) Besançon (Doubs) Valence (Drôme) Évreux (Eure) Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) Quimper (Finistère) Nîmes (Gard)...
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    Valence Romans Agglo Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale Communauté de communes du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme...
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    November 1978) is a French model, actress and disc jockey. She was born in Valence, France. Chanéac worked in the French cinema, appearing in European films...
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    Jacques Tardi (category People from Valence, Drôme)
    often credited solely as Tardi. Tardi was born on 30 August 1946 in Valence, Drôme. After graduating from the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and...
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