Serves-sur-Rhône

Serves-sur-Rhône
Commune
The town hall in Serves-sur-Rhône
Coat of arms
Location of Serves-sur-Rhône
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Coordinates: 45°08′22″N 4°49′06″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Valence
Canton	Tain-l'Hermitage
Intercommunality	CA Arche Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christèle Defrance[1]
Area ^1	6.49 km^2 (2.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	725
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26341 /26600
Elevation	117–374 m (384–1,227 ft) (avg. 123 m or 404 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Serves-sur-Rhône (French pronunciation: [sɛʁv syʁ ʁon], literally Serves on Rhône) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Geography

Serves-sur-Rhône is positioned on the left bank of the River Rhône, on the Route Nationale 7, roughly 75 km (47 mi) from Lyon and 25 km (16 mi) from both Valence and Romans-sur-Isère.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	453	—
1975	369	−2.89%
1982	468	+3.45%
1990	624	+3.66%
1999	598	−0.47%
2009	727	+1.97%
2014	748	+0.57%
2020	726	−0.50%
Source: INSEE[3]

Wine

The commune is in the AOC Côtes-du-Rhône wine-producing region of Crozes-Hermitage.

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE