Bourg-de-Péage
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Valence | |
| Canton | Bourg-de-Péage (main town) | |
| Community association | Valence Roman's agglo | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 2 ' N , 5 ° 3' E | |
| height | 155-200 m | |
| surface | 13.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,205 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 744 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26300 | |
| INSEE code | 26057 | |
| Website | www.bourgdepeage.com | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Bourg-de-Péage is a French commune in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
Bourg-de-Péage is located 20 kilometers from Valence , the capital of the Drôme department. Together with the neighboring town of Romans-sur-Isère , which lies directly on the other side of the Isère north of Bourg-de-Péage, and the surrounding municipalities, Bourg-de-Péage forms a metropolitan area with around 50,000 inhabitants.
history
etymology
The name Bourg-de-Péage is derived from Bourg , the French word for village, municipality, and Péage , the term for toll . This name comes from the fact that there was a bridge toll in the community in the Middle Ages. Travelers across the Isère had to pay the customs officer a certain fee so that the stone bridge could be maintained by the city of Romans.
In that time there next to the bridge only a few buildings: a stone tower with the apartment of the tax collector ; the Notre-Dame-du-Pont chapel and a small hospital building right by the bridge. This infrastructure was often damaged by the Isère. The tower building disappeared in the 17th century. The building was later reconstructed, but both the bridge and the surrounding buildings were destroyed in World War II. However, these historical buildings have been rebuilt and are now a tourist attraction .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 7804 | 8597 | 8626 | 8413 | 9248 | 9752 | 9944 | 10.205 |
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With 10,205 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Bourg-de-Péage is one of the larger municipalities in the Drôme department. In 1962 the community still had 7820 inhabitants. Until 1982 only relatively minor fluctuations were recorded. Since then, however, the number of residents has increased steadily.
Town twinning
Bourg-de-Péage has partnerships with the following cities:
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Verbania in Piedmont (Italy) -
Mindelheim in Bavaria (Germany) -
East Grinstead in West Sussex (Great Britain) -
Sant Feliu de Guíxols in Catalonia (Spain) -
Schwaz in Tirol (Austria)
Web links
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- ↑ Website Bourg-de-Péage ( Memento des Originals of July 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
