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Romans-sur-Isère or Romans (Occitan
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
: Rumans d'Isèra; Old Occitan: Romans) is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Drôme
Drôme

Dr?me is a Departments of France in southeastern France named after the Dr?me River....
 department in southeastern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

ns-sur-Isère is located on the Isère River
Isère River

The Is?re is a 286 km long river in southeastern France, in the Rh?ne-Alpes R?gion in France. Its source is in the Alps on the border with Italy, near the ski resort Val d'Is?re....
, northeast from Valence
Valence, Drôme

Valence is a communes of France in southeastern France, the capital of the Departments of France of Dr?me, situated on the left bank of the Rh?ne River, 65 miles south of Lyon on the railway to Marseille....
. There are more than 50,000 inhabitants in the urban area (if the neighboring town of Bourg-de-Péage
Bourg-de-Péage

Bourg-de-P?age is a Commune in France in the Dr?me Departments of France in southeastern France.It has a population of approximately 10,000 and covers an area of 13.71 km?....
 is included). Romans is near the Vercors
Vercors Plateau

The Vercors is a plateau in the d?partement in Frances of Is?re and Dr?me in Eastern France. It is one of the ranges that form the French Prealps....
 (20 minutes away by car).





There is a market in the town center on Friday and Sunday mornings where many regional products are sold, especially fruit during the summer.
ss to the town is easy by the highway between Valence and Grenoble
Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac River joins the Is?re River.Located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France, Grenoble is the capital of the Departments of France of Is?re....
 which is free between Valence and Romans, and also by the TGV
TGV

The TGV is France's high-speed rail service. It was developed during the 1970s by GEC-Alsthom and SNCF, the French national rail transport operations, and is now operated primarily by SNCF....
 (high-speed train).






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Romans-sur-Isère or Romans (Occitan
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
: Rumans d'Isèra; Old Occitan: Romans) is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Drôme
Drôme

Dr?me is a Departments of France in southeastern France named after the Dr?me River....
 department in southeastern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

Geography

Romans-sur-Isère is located on the Isère River
Isère River

The Is?re is a 286 km long river in southeastern France, in the Rh?ne-Alpes R?gion in France. Its source is in the Alps on the border with Italy, near the ski resort Val d'Is?re....
, northeast from Valence
Valence, Drôme

Valence is a communes of France in southeastern France, the capital of the Departments of France of Dr?me, situated on the left bank of the Rh?ne River, 65 miles south of Lyon on the railway to Marseille....
. There are more than 50,000 inhabitants in the urban area (if the neighboring town of Bourg-de-Péage
Bourg-de-Péage

Bourg-de-P?age is a Commune in France in the Dr?me Departments of France in southeastern France.It has a population of approximately 10,000 and covers an area of 13.71 km?....
 is included). Romans is near the Vercors
Vercors Plateau

The Vercors is a plateau in the d?partement in Frances of Is?re and Dr?me in Eastern France. It is one of the ranges that form the French Prealps....
 (20 minutes away by car).

Economy

  • Nuclear fuel factory (FBFC), Areva
    Areva

    AREVA is a Government-owned corporation multinational industrial Conglomerate that is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects....
     subsidiary.
  • Shoe
    Shoe

    A shoe is an item of footwear evolved at first to protect the human foot and later, additionally, as an item of decoration in itself. The foot contains more bones than any other single part of the human body, and has human evolution over hundreds of thousands of years in relation to vastly varied terrain and climate....
     industry (including Robert Clergerie)


Sights and shopping areas

  • Collegiate church of St Barnard
  • International Museum of Footwear
  • Tower of Jacquemart clock


  • Factory shops (textiles): Marques Avenue
  • Shoe shops : Fan' Halles
Romanscollegiale

Gastronomy

  • Pogne of Drôme
    Drôme

    Dr?me is a Departments of France in southeastern France named after the Dr?me River....
     (brioche
    Brioche

    Brioche is a highly enriched French cuisine bread, whose high egg and butter content give it what is seen as a rich and tender crumb. It has a dark, golden, and flaky crust from an egg wash applied before and after Proofing_....
     with rum
    Rûm

    R?m, also Roum or Rhum , is a very indefinite term used at different times in the Muslim world to refer to the Balkans and Anatolia generally, and for the Byzantine Empire in particular, for the Seljuk Sultanate of R?m in Asia Minor, and for Greeks inhabiting Ottoman Empire or modern Turkey territory as well as for Greek Cypriots....
     and orange blossom
    Blossom

    Blossom is a term given to the flowers of stone fruit fruit tree and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely but for a short period of time in the spring....
    )
  • Ravioles du Dauphiné (little paste square with cheese-, egg-stuffing, sometimes with flavor like goat's cheese or mushrooms)
  • This region produces apricot
    Apricot

    The Apricot is a species of Prunus, classified with the plum in the subgenus Prunus. The native range is somewhat uncertain due to its extensive prehistoric cultivation, but most likely in northern and western China and Central Asia, possibly also Korea and Japan....
    s, peach
    Peach

    The peach is known as a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach. It is a deciduous tree growing to 5?10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae....
    es and walnut
    Walnut

    Walnuts are plants in the family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meter s tall , with pinnate leaves 200?900 millimetres long , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnut but not the hickory in the same family....
    s


There is a market in the town center on Friday and Sunday mornings where many regional products are sold, especially fruit during the summer.

Transportation

Access to the town is easy by the highway between Valence and Grenoble
Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac River joins the Is?re River.Located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France, Grenoble is the capital of the Departments of France of Is?re....
 which is free between Valence and Romans, and also by the TGV
TGV

The TGV is France's high-speed rail service. It was developed during the 1970s by GEC-Alsthom and SNCF, the French national rail transport operations, and is now operated primarily by SNCF....
 (high-speed train). There's a TGV station between Valence and Romans, and so it takes at least two hours and twelve minutes to go from Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 to the station, and then approximately ten minutes further by car.

External links

  • (in French)