Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux


Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, sometimes known as -en-Tricastin, is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Name

The name of the city derives from the Latin Noviomagus Tricastinorum, from the name of a local Gallic tribe. At some point, locals misunderstood the name, thinking it to have come from tricastinorum, and mistranslated it into French.

Population

Sport

It was the start of stage 16 of the 2011 Tour de France, to Gap, as well as the start city for stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France, to Cap d'Agde.

Twin townssister cities

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux is twinned with: