Country France Department Drôme Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Wednesday 1:06 AM Team Rugby club Tricastin | Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Population (2008) 8,465 Area 22.04 km² Arrondissement Nyons | |
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Canton Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Weather 12°C, Wind N at 14 km/h, 67% Humidity Points of interest Drôme provençale, Saint‑Paul‑Trois‑Châteaux Cathedral, Musée d'Archeologie Tricastine | ||
Saint paul trois ch teaux
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Occitan: Sant Pau Tres Castèus), sometimes known as St-Paul-en-Tricastin, is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Contents
- Saint paul trois ch teaux
- Map of 26130 Saint Paul Trois ChC3A2teaux France
- Name
- Sport
- Twin towns Sister cities
- References
Map of 26130 Saint-Paul-Trois-Ch%C3%A2teaux, France
Name
The name of the city derives from the Latin Noviomagus Tricastinorum ("Noviomagus of the Tricastini"), from the name of a local Gallic tribe. At some point, locals misunderstood the name, thinking it to have come from tricastinorum ("of the three castles"), and mistranslated it into French.
Sport
It was the start of stage 16 of the 2011 Tour de France, 162.5 km (101 mi) to Gap, as well as the start city for stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France, 217 km (135 mi) to Cap d'Agde.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux is twinned with:
References
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA