Loriol-sur-Drôme

Loriol-sur-Drôme
Town hall
Location of Loriol-sur-Drôme
Loriol-sur-Drôme
Loriol-sur-Drôme
Coordinates: 44°45′09″N 4°49′24″E / 44.7525°N 4.8233°E / 44.7525; 4.8233
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementDie
CantonLoriol-sur-Drôme
IntercommunalityVal de Drôme en Biovallée
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Claude Aurias
Area
1
28.66 km2 (11.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
6,584
  Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26166 /26270
Elevation81–365 m (266–1,198 ft)
(avg. 108 m or 354 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loriol-sur-Drôme (French pronunciation: [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.