Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne

A voie verte, a path open to walkers and cyclists which runs along the Canal Latéral de la Garonne that passes through the southern edge of the town.

A Bastide town with English origins, founded in the 13th century by Edward I, King of England when he was also the ruler of Aquitane.

Water from the Garonne river feeds small and large fountains scattered throughout the city, and flows through its many Lavoir of which 3 remain.

Its construction, shortly after 1807, coincided with the filling in of the overly muddy ponds of the Plaça (current Jean-Baptiste-Chaumeil).

[4] La Vall d'Uixó, a Spanish town of about 35,000 located in the Province of Castellón, has been a twin city to Valence since September 1990.