Gervans
commune in Drôme, France
Gervans (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁvɑ̃]) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
The public source identifies “Gervans” as commune in Drôme, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gervans, commune and Drôme.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q654365. Authority coordinates are 45.108, 4.831. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Gervans” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.