[2] Its population is 298,095 (2021), and its area is 1,516.3 km2 (585.4 sq mi).

[3] The communes of the arrondissement of Valence, and their INSEE codes, are:[2] The arrondissement of Valence was created in 1800.

[4] In 2006 the four cantons of Dieulefit, Marsanne, Montélimar-1 and Montélimar-2 that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Valence were assigned to the arrondissement of Nyons.

[6] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.

The cantons of the arrondissement of Valence were, as of January 2015:[7]