Loriol-sur-Drôme
Loriol-sur-Drôme is a common French, located in the department of the Drome and the area the Rhone-Alps.
Geography
History
Administration
Demography
Tourism
- Museum of Strange, property of the painter max Manent, this museum gathers incongruous collections: old pipes, rare musical instruments, épinglettes, African art, old posters, humorous objects…
- Tourist office: 97 av de la République - http://www.loriol-tourisme.com
Sports
Loriol has many sporting clubs:-
Gymnastic: Group Omnisport Loriolais (G.O.L.)
- Rugby: Friendly Sporting Loriolaise (A.S.L.)
- Tennis:
- Twirling-Stick:
- Handball: HandBall Club Loriol (H.B.C.L)
Culture
- House for All: 12, avenue de la République
- Company of theater: Theater of the Room, 10 avenue Général de Gaulle. Teaching, formation, workshops as from 8 years. Artistic director Edouard Martini.
- Association Brok' N Zik, chips vacuum-attic third Sunday of the month, with an aim of offering a scene to regional musical groups. Internet site http://www.broknzik.info
Events
- November 29th 2002: tragic accident on the highway A7, a car strikes Sapeurs-pompiers in intervention, causing five dead.
Places and monuments
Personalities related to the commune
- Jacques Ladegaillerie, money medal-holder in Fencing (Sword Man) with the Olympic Games of summer of 1972 (Munich)
- Renaud Vignal, Ambassador of France
- Etienne Martin, sculptor
- Guillaume Gille, World champion of handball in 2001 and champion of Europe in 2006 with the team of France
- Bertrand Gille, World champion of Handball in 2001 (elected official better pivot of the World 2001), better player of world in 2003 and champion of Europe in 2006.
See too
- Common of Drome
External bonds
- Loriol.com, official site of the commune
- Loriol-sur-Drôme on the site of the national geographical Institute
- Loriol-sur-Drôme on the site of INSEE
- Loriol-sur-Drôme on the site of Quid
- Localization of Loriol-sur-Drôme on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane on Loriol-sur-Drôme on Mapquest
- asl-usc-xv.com, official site of the Rugby of Loriol
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