Saillans, Village in Drôme department, France.
Saillans covers 14.84 square kilometers in the Drôme valley, with elevations ranging from 232 to 918 meters above sea level, creating diverse landscapes throughout this southeastern French region.
The former commune contains Gallo-Roman remains including a classified milestone and traces of ancient Darentiaca, a postal relay on the Roman road connecting Aouste to Die.
The village hosts the annual Anguille sous Roche festival dedicated to crime novels and preserves local traditions through its Sunday market and Saint-Jean celebrations each June.
Accessible via departmental roads from Valence located 45 kilometers away, the village maintains its town hall at 1 place Maurice-Faure and uses postal code 26340 for correspondence.
Saillans experimented with participatory democracy from 2014 to 2020 using a collective leadership system, representing a groundbreaking approach for French municipal governance at this scale.
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