Suze, Drôme
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The town hall in Suze
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 44°45′37″N 5°06′48″E / 44.7603°N 5.1133°ECoordinates: 44°45′37″N 5°06′48″E / 44.7603°N 5.1133°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Die |
| Canton | Crest |
| Intercommunality | Val de Drôme |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Serge Krier |
| Area1 | 14.43 km2 (5.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 252 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26346 /26400 |
| Elevation | 239–730 m (784–2,395 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Suze 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.
The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.
Suze is centred 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) 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.
The name is a corruption of segusia, "forceful", given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components sego meaning "force or vigour", and a suffix -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, Suse.
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