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Montelimar

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Specialty Museums · Children’s Museums · Factory Outlets

Montélimar is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is the second-largest town in the department after Valence.HistoryThe site where the city of Montélimar stands today has been inhabited since the Celtic era. It was reconstructed during the Roman reign, including a basilica, aqueducts, thermae and a forum. The Adhémar family reigned over the city in the Middle Ages and built a castle (Château des Adhémar) which dominates the city silhouette even today.Personalities French navigator Louis de Freycinet and Émile Loubet, President of France from 1899 till 1906, who served also as mayor of Montélimar. Formula One racing driver Charles Pic, brother and fellow racing driver Arthur Pic and motorcycle racer Sylvain Guintoli. Encyclopédiste Antoine Penchenier (died in 1761) at an unknown date. Physician and Encyclopédiste Jean-Joseph Menuret (1739–1815) was born in Montélimar

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