Suze, Drôme

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Suze (French pronunciation: [syz]; Occitan: Susa) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France in the foothills of the Alps, its buildings are in a steeply-sloped village above a small tributary feeding into the Drôme which runs from the east into the Rhône.

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The town hall in Suze
Location of Suze
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Suze
Coordinates: 44°45′37″N 5°06′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementDie
CantonCrest
IntercommunalityVal de Drôme en Biovallée
Government
  Mayor (20212026) Bérangère Driay[1]
Area
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14.43 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
247
  Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26346 /26400
Elevation239–730 m (784–2,395 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 223    
1975 177−3.25%
1982 187+0.79%
1990 164−1.63%
1999 226+3.63%
2009 242+0.69%
2014 230−1.01%
2020 236+0.43%
Source: INSEE[3]
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Landmarks

The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.

Geographic context

Suze is centred 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Crest, the main population and the administrative centre of the canton. Gigors-et-Lozeron, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Cobonne, Aouste-sur-Sye, Mirabel-et-Blacons and Montclar-sur-Gervanne border Suze.

Etymology/topology

The name is a corruption of segusia,[what language is this?] 'forceful', given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components sego meaning 'force or vigour', and a suffix -us(e/a/ia). The same etymology describes Suze-la-Rousse to the south in Drôme and in Piedmont, Italy: Susa, which has a French name, Suse.

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