Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence

(2020–2026) Jean-Michel Valla^[1]Area

15.05 km² (5.81 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,252 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

26313 /26320

Elevation178–201 m (584–659 ft)
(avg. 286 m or 938 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl lɛ valɑ̃s], literally Saint-Marcel near Valence; Occitan: Sant Marçau de Valença) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1911	982	—
1962	1,256	+0.48%
1968	1,457	+2.50%
1975	2,652	+8.93%
1982	3,342	+3.36%
1990	3,719	+1.35%
1999	4,114	+1.13%
2007	4,762	+1.85%
2012	5,746	+3.83%
2017	6,236	+1.65%
2019	6,289	+0.42%
Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[4]

Geography

The commune of Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence borders the city of Valence, the prefecture of Drôme.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE