Romans-sur-Isère

Romans-sur-Isère is located on the Isère, {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Valence. There are more than 50,000 inhabitants in the urban area (if the neighboring town of Bourg-de-Péage is included). Romans is close to the Vercors.

{{Historical populations

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|29521|Romans-sur-Isère}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-26281#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1793 |5742

|1800 |6473

|1806 |6997

|1821 |8837

|1831 |9285

|1836 |9972

|1841 |9471

|1846 |9958

|1851 |10869

|1856 |11219

|1861 |11257

|1866 |11524

|1872 |12674

|1876 |12923

|1881 |13806

|1886 |14733

|1891 |16545

|1896 |16702

|1901 |17140

|1906 |17622

|1911 |17201

|1921 |17054

|1926 |17596

|1931 |18957

|1936 |19489

|1946 |22171

|1954 |22559

|1962 |26377

|1968 |31545

|1975 |33030

|1982 |33152

|1990 |32734

|1999 |32667

|2007 |33234

|2012 |33701

|2017 |33160

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• Nuclear fuel manufacture (FBFC, Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible), Framatome subsidiary.
• Shoe manufacture (including Robert Clergerie)

• Historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie wrote Carnaval de Romans (1980) a microhistorical study, based on the only two surviving eyewitness accounts, of the 1580 massacre of about twenty artisans at the annual carnival in the town. He treats the massacre as a microcosm of the political, social and religious conflicts of rural society in the latter half of the 16th century in France.
• On 18 July 2017, the town was the end point for Stage Sixteen of the Tour De France.
• On 4 April 2020, two people were killed and five wounded in a knife attack, in what the interior minister called a terrorist incident. Prosecutors said the suspect was a Sudanese refugee in his 30s who lived in the town.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52165522|title=France launches terror probe after knife attack|date=2020-04-05|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-04-05|language=en-GB}}

• Collegiate Church of Saint-Barnard
• International Museum of Footwear
• Tower of Jacquemart clock

File:romanscollegiale.jpg

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Romans-sur-Isère is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Relations internationales|url=https://www.ville-romans.fr/decouvrir/territoire-dynamique/relations-internationales|website=ville-romans.fr|publisher=Romans-sur-Isère|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-20}}

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• {{flagicon|GBR}} Coalville, England, United Kingdom
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Corsano, Italy
• {{flagicon|GER}} Straubing, Germany
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Varese, Italy
• {{flagicon|CRO}} Zadar, Croatia
• {{flagicon|CZE}} Zlín, Czech Republic

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• Hippolyte Charles (1773-1837), lover of Joséphine Bonaparte
• Robert Clergerie, shoe designer
• Érik Comas (1963-), former Formula One driver
• Pierre Latour (1993-), cyclist
• Jules Nadi (1872-1928), former mayor and councilor who did much to develop the city
• Baptiste Reynet, professional footballer
• Philippe Saint-André, rugby player and national team coach
• Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally, general of Irish Jacobite ancestry

{{Weather box|width=auto

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|location = Romans-sur-Isère (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present)

|Jan record high C = 22.1

|Feb record high C = 22.2

|Mar record high C = 25.9

|Apr record high C = 30.1

|May record high C = 34.5

|Jun record high C = 39.5

|Jul record high C = 41.1

|Aug record high C = 40.8

|Sep record high C = 35.0

|Oct record high C = 30.0

|Nov record high C = 23.8

|Dec record high C = 18.6

|Jan record low C = -13.2

|Feb record low C = -10.3

|Mar record low C = -11.2

|Apr record low C = -6.5

|May record low C = 0.9

|Jun record low C = 5.3

|Jul record low C = 7.1

|Aug record low C = 5.1

|Sep record low C = 1.7

|Oct record low C = -4.2

|Nov record low C = -9.1

|Dec record low C = -12.0

|Jan high C = 8.1

|Feb high C = 9.9

|Mar high C = 14.7

|Apr high C = 18.2

|May high C = 22.4

|Jun high C = 26.6

|Jul high C = 29.3

|Aug high C = 29.0

|Sep high C = 24.0

|Oct high C = 18.7

|Nov high C = 12.4

|Dec high C = 8.4

| year high C = 18.5

|Jan mean C = 4.4

|Feb mean C = 5.4

|Mar mean C = 9.1

|Apr mean C = 12.2

|May mean C = 16.3

|Jun mean C = 20.2

|Jul mean C = 22.3

|Aug mean C = 22.1

|Sep mean C = 17.9

|Oct mean C = 13.7

|Nov mean C = 8.4

|Dec mean C = 5.0

| year mean C = 13.1

|Jan low C = 0.8

|Feb low C = 0.9

|Mar low C = 3.5

|Apr low C = 6.2

|May low C = 10.3

|Jun low C = 13.7

|Jul low C = 15.4

|Aug low C = 15.1

|Sep low C = 11.7

|Oct low C = 8.8

|Nov low C = 4.4

|Dec low C = 1.5

| year low C = 7.7

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 52.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 41.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 51.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 72.9

|May precipitation mm = 83.7

|Jun precipitation mm = 66.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 59.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 68.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 104.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 115.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 106.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 54.4

|year precipitation mm = 876.7

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 8.0

| Feb precipitation days = 6.9

| Mar precipitation days = 7.3

| Apr precipitation days = 8.4

| May precipitation days = 8.8

| Jun precipitation days = 6.9

| Jul precipitation days = 6.5

| Aug precipitation days = 6.3

| Sep precipitation days = 6.3

| Oct precipitation days = 9.2

| Nov precipitation days = 9.3

| Dec precipitation days = 8.2

| year precipitation days =92.3

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web

|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=26281001

|title=Normales et records pour Romans (26)

|publisher=Meteociel

|access-date=14 December 2024}}}}

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Parc naturel régional du Vercors

{{reflist}}

{{Commons category|Romans-sur-Isère}}

• [http://www.ville-romans.com Town council website] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://www.pays-romans.org Communauté de communes du Pays de Romans website]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080803195501/http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/49418/story.htm New Uranium Leak Found in French Areva Factory]}}
• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Romans|short=x}}

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Category:Dauphiné

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