Suze (; ) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France in the foothills of the Alps, its buildings are in a steeply-sloped village above a small tributary feeding into the Drôme which runs from the east into the Rhône.
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Landmarks The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.
Geographic context Suze is centred northeast of Crest, the main population and the administrative centre of the canton. Gigors-et-Lozeron, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Cobonne, Aouste-sur-Sye, Mirabel-et-Blacons and Montclar-sur-Gervanne border Suze.
Etymology/topology The name is a corruption of segusia, 'forceful', given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components sego meaning 'force or vigour', and a suffix . The same etymology describes Suze-la-Rousse to the south in Drôme and in Piedmont, Italy: Susa, which has a French name, .
Personalities Peter II, Count of Savoy was born in Suze in 1203.
See also Communes of the Drôme department
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