Loriol-sur-Drôme | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Loriol-sur-Drôme (Drôme).svg |
Arrondissement: | Die |
Canton: | Loriol-sur-Drôme |
Insee: | 26166 |
Postal Code: | 26270 |
Mayor: | Claude Aurias[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Val de Drôme en Biovallée |
Coordinates: | 44.7525°N 4.8233°W |
Elevation M: | 108 |
Elevation Min M: | 81 |
Elevation Max M: | 365 |
Area Km2: | 28.66 |
Loriol-sur-Drôme (in French pronounced as /lɔʁjɔl syʁ dʁom/, literally Loriol on Drôme; Vivaro-Alpine: L’Auriòu de Droma) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Loriol is situated in the Rhône valley, between Valence and Montélimar. The neighbouring villages are Livron-sur-Drôme, Mirmande, and Cliousclat.
Roman emperor Aurelian is said to have based a camp here. The medieval fortress was destroyed in the wars of religion, leaving only the ramparts.
During World War II, Loriol was heavily damaged by Allied bombing in August 1944.