Saillans, Village in Drôme department, France.
Description
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.
History
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.
Culture
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.
Practical
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.
Did you know?
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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Château de Pontaix
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Donjon de Lastic
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Réserve naturelle régionale de la grotte des Sadoux
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Borne milliaire de Saillans
36 mÉglise Notre-Dame de Piégros-la-Clastre
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Temple de Pontaix
7.9 km
Église Saint-Géraud de Saillans
159 m
Église Saint-Marcel de Montclar-sur-Gervanne
7 km
Église de Saint-Benoit-en-Diois
7.1 km
Chapelle du cimetière de Savel
9.3 km
Église de La Chaudière
7.5 km
Église Notre-Dame d'Aouste-sur-Sye
11.3 km
Église Saint-Martin des Jaux
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Église Saint-Sauveur de Saint-Sauveur-en-Diois
3.7 km
Église Saint-Martin de Pontaix
8 km
Église Saint-Martin de Suze
10.4 km
Église Saints-Barthélemy-et-Sébastien de Beaufort-sur-Gervanne
9.8 km
Église Saint-Jean de Manobre
4.5 km
Église Sainte-Anne de Barsac
8.3 km
Col de la Chaudière
7.9 km
Maison de la Résistance Mathias Mathieu
10 km
Chapelle Saint-Moirans de Chastel-Arnaud
4.9 km
Château de Piégros
8.2 km
Château de Vachères
7.3 km
Temple de Beaufort-sur-Gervanne
9.9 km
Borne routière (borne milliaire) à Barsac
8.2 km
Monument aux morts de Beaufort-sur-Gervanne
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