Suze | |
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 The town hall in Suze | |
 Location of Suze | |
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| Coordinates:44°45′37″N5°06′48″E / 44.7603°N 5.1133°E /44.7603; 5.1133 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Die |
| Canton | Crest |
| Intercommunality | Val de Drôme en Biovallée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–2026) | Bérangère Driay[1] |
Area 1 | 14.43 km2 (5.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 247 |
| • Density | 17.1/km2 (44.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26346 /26400 |
| Elevation | 239–730 m (784–2,395 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Suze (French pronunciation:[syz];Occitan:Susa) is acommune in theDrômedepartment in southeasternFrance in the foothills of the Alps, its buildings are in a steeply-sloped village above a small tributary feeding into the Drôme which runs from the east into theRhône.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 223 | — |
| 1975 | 177 | −3.25% |
| 1982 | 187 | +0.79% |
| 1990 | 164 | −1.63% |
| 1999 | 226 | +3.63% |
| 2009 | 242 | +0.69% |
| 2014 | 230 | −1.01% |
| 2020 | 236 | +0.43% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
The village has a cross toSaint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.
Suze is centred 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast ofCrest, the main population and the administrative centre of the canton. Gigors-et-Lozeron, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Cobonne, Aouste-sur-Sye, Mirabel-et-Blacons and Montclar-sur-Gervanne border Suze.
The name is a corruption ofsegusia,[what language is this?] 'forceful', given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the componentssego meaning 'force or vigour', and a suffix -us(e/a/ia). The same etymology describesSuze-la-Rousse to the south in Drôme and in Piedmont, Italy:Susa, which has a French name,Suse.
