Etoile-sur-Rhône
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Valence | |
| Canton | Loriol-sur-Drôme | |
| Community association | Valence Roman's agglo | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 50 ′ N , 4 ° 54 ′ E | |
| height | 93-241 m | |
| surface | 42.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,478 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 128 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26800 | |
| INSEE code | 26124 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-etoilesurrhone.fr/ | |
 Town hall of Étoile-sur-Rhône |
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Étoile-sur-Rhône is a French municipality with 5478 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Valence and since 2015 to the canton of Loriol-sur-Drôme (until then the canton of Portes-lès-Valence ). The inhabitants are called Etoilien (ne) s .
geography
Étoile-sur-Rhône lies on the river Védre , which flows into the Rhône here , and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Portes-lès-Valence and Beauvallon in the north, Montlégér in the northeast, Montmeyran in the east, Montoison in the southeast, Allex and Livron-sur -Drôme in the south, La Voulte-sur-Rhône in the south-west, Beauchastel and Saint-Georges-les-Bains in the west and Charmes-sur-Rhône and Soyons in the north-west.
The A7 Autoroute from Lyon to Marseille and Route nationale 7 run through the municipality . The station is on the Paris – Marseille railway line .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2133 | 2268 | 2559 | 2897 | 3504 | 4054 | 4418 | 5478 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-d'Étoile church from the 12th and 13th centuries
- Ruins of the Castle of Poitiers
Community partnerships
We have partnerships with the following municipalities:
- Połaniec , Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
- Viggiano , Province of Potenza (Basilicata), Italy
- Vonitsa , Aetolia-Akamania, Greece
