Drome

Drome is a department in Southeastern France, placed in the Auvergne Rhone Alpes location. It is named after the Drome River. It had a populace of 508,006 as of 2016. Dome’s prefecture is Valence. St Valier in Drome, become the birthplace of certainly one of France's most well-known courtesans, the noble-born Diane de Poitiers lengthy-time period mistress of King Henri. The French National Constituent Assembly installation Drome as one of the authentic 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, throughout the French Revolution.

The territory shaped part of the former French province of Dauphine. Most of the economic hobby of the Drome branch is placed within the west of the department, along the Rhone valley. This region which contains maximum of the populace of the department also has on hand transportation, which includes the A7 car route and the rail routes LGV Rhone Alps and LGV Mediterranean. Economic activity in Valence, Drome became boosted by using the creation of the Valence TGV line in 2001.