Bourg-lès-Valence (French pronunciation: [buʁ lɛ valɑ̃s]; Occitan: Lo Borg de Valença) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is a suburb of Valence. The archaeologist and Hellenist Fernand Courby (1878–1932) was born in Bourg-lès-Valence.

In 2014–2019, Bourg-lès-Valence was twinned with the town of Shusha (Shushi) of the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, but de jure part of Azerbaijan. In 2019, the administrative court of Grenoble declared the partnership treaty null and void due to the municipality having exceeded its power by unilaterally signing it and France's non-recognition of the de facto state.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,072 —     1800 2,086 +0.10% 1806 1,900 −1.54% 1821 2,647 +2.24% 1831 2,820 +0.64% 1836 2,898 +0.55% 1841 3,059 +1.09% 1846 3,110 +0.33% 1851 2,870 −1.59% 1856 3,057 +1.27% 1861 3,276 +1.39% 1866 3,615 +1.99% 1872 3,536 −0.37% 1876 3,757 +1.53% 1881 3,572 −1.00% 1886 3,995 +2.26% 1891 3,928 −0.34% 1896 4,336 +2.00%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,436 +0.46% 1906 4,750 +1.38% 1911 5,072 +1.32% 1921 5,241 +0.33% 1926 5,869 +2.29% 1931 6,471 +1.97% 1936 6,772 +0.91% 1946 7,662 +1.24% 1954 8,348 +1.08% 1962 10,856 +3.34% 1968 12,812 +2.80% 1975 15,616 +2.87% 1982 16,033 +0.38% 1990 18,230 +1.62% 1999 18,347 +0.07% 2007 18,351 +0.00% 2012 19,305 +1.02% 2017 19,975 +0.68%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department