Suze, Drôme

Suze
Commune
The town hall in Suze
Location of Suze
Suze Location within France Suze Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 44°45′37″N 5°06′48″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Crest
Intercommunality	Val de Drôme en Biovallée
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Bérangère Driay
Area 1	14.43 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	245
• Density	17.0/km2 (44.0/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 a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France 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 the Rhône.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	223	—
1975	177	−3.25%
1982	187	+0.79%
1990	164	−1.63%
1999	226	+3.63%
2007	253	+1.42%
2012	228	−2.06%
2017	234	+0.52%
2023	245	+0.77%
Source: INSEE

Landmarks

The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.

Geographic context

Suze is centred 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Crest, 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.

Etymology/topology

The name is a corruption of segusia, 'forceful', given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components sego meaning 'force or vigour', and a suffix -us(e/a/ia). The same etymology describes Suze-la-Rousse to the south in Drôme and in Piedmont, Italy: Susa, which has a French name, Suse.

Personalities

• Peter II, Count of Savoy was born in Suze in 1203.

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department