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Drôme

The Drôme is a department of south-eastern France, named after the Drôme river, a tributary of the Rhône, with its capital at Valence. It extends from the Rhône valley into the pre-Alps of the Vercors and the Diois. In antiquity it was home to the Tricastini and the Vocontii, whose towns included Augusta Tricastinorum and Die.

Drôme
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Drôme. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/drome
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