Suze, Drôme
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Suze
|commune status = Commune
|image = Suze sur Crest.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Suze
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Die
|canton = Crest
|INSEE = 26346
|postal code = 26400
|term = 2021–2026
|intercommunality = Val de Drôme en Biovallée
|coordinates = {{coord|44.7603|5.1133|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 239
|elevation max m = 730
|area km2 = 14.43
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Suze ({{IPA|fr|syz}}; {{langx|oc|Susa}}) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France in the foothills of the Alps, its buildings are in a steeply-sloped village above a small tributary feeding into the Drôme which runs from the east into the Rhône.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-26346#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |223
|1975 |177
|1982 |187
|1990 |164
|1999 |226
|2009 |242
|2014 |230
|2020 |236
}}
Landmarks
The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.
Geographic context
Suze is centred {{convert|12|km}} northeast of Crest, the main population and the administrative centre of the canton. Gigors-et-Lozeron, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Cobonne, Aouste-sur-Sye, Mirabel-et-Blacons and Montclar-sur-Gervanne border Suze.
Etymology/topology
The name is a corruption of segusia,{{Which lang|date=August 2021}} 'forceful', given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components sego meaning 'force or vigour', and a suffix {{Not a typo|-us(e/a/ia)}}. The same etymology describes Suze-la-Rousse to the south in Drôme and in Piedmont, Italy: Susa, which has a French name, {{Lang|fr|Suse}}.
Personalities
- Peter II, Count of Savoy was born in Suze in 1203.
See also
References
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