Drôme
Drôme
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Clockwise from top: a view of Buis-les-Baronnies, Valence Cathedral, lavender fields in the Vercors Massif, Crest | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Drôme in France | |
| Coordinates: 44°45′N 05°10′E / 44.750°N 5.167°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Prefecture | Valence |
| Subprefectures | Die Nyons |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Marie-Pierre Mouton (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,530 km2 (2,520 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 524,207 |
| • Rank | 52nd |
| • Density | 80.3/km2 (208/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 26 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 19 |
| Communes | 363 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Drôme (French pronunciation: [dʁom] ⓘ; Occitan: Droma; Arpitan: Drôma) is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019. Drôme's prefecture is Valence.
The southern portion of the Drôme, closest to Provence, is often known as the fr:Drôme Provençale.