Bourg-lès-Valence explained

Bourg-lès-Valence
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Bourg-lès-Valence (Drôme).svg
Arrondissement:Valence
Canton:Valence-1
Insee:26058
Postal Code:26500
Mayor:Marlène Mourier[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Valence Romans Agglo
Coordinates:44.9486°N 4.8961°W
Elevation Min M:99
Elevation Max M:200
Area Km2:20.3
Website:http://www.bourg-les-valence.fr/

Bourg-lès-Valence (in French pronounced as /buʁ lɛ valɑ̃s/; Occitan (post 1500);: 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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Ara Toranian. Le tribunal administratif de Grenoble annule 4 chartes d’amitié. Nouvelles d'Arménie. 13 June 2019.