The Galaure () is a long

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in the

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and

Drôme Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.

departments in southeastern

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. Its source is in Roybon. It flows generally west-southwest. It is a left tributary of the

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, into which it flows at Saint-Vallier.

Departments and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: * Isère: Roybon,

Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux (, literally ''Saint-Pierre of Bressieux'') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography The Galaure forms part of the commune's southern border. Population See also *Communes of the I ...

, Montfalcon, * Drôme: Montrigaud, * Isère: Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure, * Drôme: Le Grand-Serre, Hauterives, Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, Mureils, La Motte-de-Galaure, Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals, Saint-Uze, Saint-Vallier,

References

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