Dieulefit

Dieulefit
Coat of arms
Dieulefit
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Dieulefit
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Dieulefit
Intercommunality	Pays de Dieulefit
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christine Priotto
Area1	27.42 km2 (10.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,088
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	26114 / 26220
Elevation	323–969 m (1,060–3,179 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dieulefit (Occitan Dieulofé, from Old Occitan Dieu lo fe "God made it") is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,663	—
1800	2,847	+6.9%
1806	2,989	+5.0%
1821	3,374	+12.9%
1831	3,952	+17.1%
1836	4,135	+4.6%
1841	4,163	+0.7%
1846	4,291	+3.1%
1851	4,222	−1.6%
1856	4,010	−5.0%
1861	4,205	+4.9%
1866	4,147	−1.4%
1872	4,028	−2.9%
1876	4,049	+0.5%
1881	4,167	+2.9%
1886	4,280	+2.7%
1891	3,546	−17.1%
1896	3,544	−0.1%
1901	3,545	+0.0%
1906	3,621	+2.1%
1911	3,604	−0.5%
1921	3,073	−14.7%
1926	2,591	−15.7%
1931	2,539	−2.0%
1936	2,404	−5.3%
1946	2,436	+1.3%
1954	2,704	+11.0%
1962	2,450	−9.4%
1968	2,534	+3.4%
1975	2,632	+3.9%
1982	2,666	+1.3%
1990	2,924	+9.7%
1999	3,096	+5.9%
2008	3,088	−0.3%

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department

References

• INSEE