Romans-sur-Isère explained

Romans-sur-Isère
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Romans-sur-Isère.svg
Arrondissement:	Valence
Canton:	Romans-sur-Isère and Bourg-de-Péage
Insee:	26281
Postal Code:	26100
Mayor:	Marie-Hélène Thoraval^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Valence Romans Agglo
Coordinates:	45.0464°N 5.0517°W
Elevation M:	167
Elevation Min M:	122
Elevation Max M:	291
Area Km2:	33.08

Romans-sur-Isère (in French pronounced as /ʁɔmɑ̃ syʁizɛːʁ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Rumans d'Isèra;^[2] Old Occitan: Romans) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Geography

Romans-sur-Isère is located on the Isère, 20km (10miles) northeast of Valence. There are more than 50,000 inhabitants in the urban area (if the neighboring town of Bourg-de-Péage is included). Romans is close to the Vercors.

Economy

• Nuclear fuel manufacture (FBFC, Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible), Framatome subsidiary.
• Shoe manufacture (including Robert Clergerie)

History

• Historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie wrote Carnaval de Romans (1980) a microhistorical study, based on the only two surviving eyewitness accounts, of the 1580 massacre of about twenty artisans at the annual carnival in the town. He treats the massacre as a microcosm of the political, social and religious conflicts of rural society in the latter half of the 16th century in France.
• On 18 July 2017, the town was the end point for Stage Sixteen of the Tour De France.
• On 4 April 2020, two people were killed and five wounded in a knife attack, in what the interior minister called a terrorist incident. Prosecutors said the suspect was a Sudanese refugee in his 30s who lived in the town.^[3]

Sights

• Collegiate Church of Saint-Barnard
• International Museum of Footwear
• Tower of Jacquemart clock

Twin towns - sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France.

Romans-sur-Isère is twinned with:^[4]

• Coalville, England, United Kingdom
• Corsano, Italy
• Straubing, Germany
• Varese, Italy
• Zadar, Croatia
• Zlín, Czech Republic

Notable people

• Hippolyte Charles (1773-1837), lover of Joséphine Bonaparte
• Robert Clergerie, shoe designer
• Érik Comas (1963-), former Formula One driver
• Pierre Latour (1993-), cyclist
• Jules Nadi (1872-1928), former mayor and councilor who did much to develop the city
• Baptiste Reynet, professional footballer
• Philippe Saint-André, rugby player and national team coach
• Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally, general of Irish Jacobite ancestry

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Parc naturel régional du Vercors

External links

• Town council website
• Communauté de communes du Pays de Romans website
• New Uranium Leak Found in French Areva Factory
• Romans. x.

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. Bouvier, Jean-Claude (1976) Les parlers provençaux de la Drôme. Étude de géographie phonétique, coll. Bibliothèque française et romane A-33, Paris: Klincksieck, pp. 445-518
3. News: France launches terror probe after knife attack. 2020-04-05. BBC News. 2020-04-05. en-GB.
4. Web site: Relations internationales. ville-romans.fr. Romans-sur-Isère. fr. 2019-11-20.