Dieulefit

Dieulefit
Commune
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Coordinates: 44°31′27″N 5°03′59″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Dieulefit
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Bussat
Area 1	27.42 km2 (10.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,230
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Dieulefit (French pronunciation: [djøl(ə)fi]; 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. ±% p.a. 1793 2,663 —     1800 2,847 +0.96% 1806 2,989 +0.81% 1821 3,374 +0.81% 1831 3,952 +1.59% 1836 4,135 +0.91% 1841 4,163 +0.14% 1846 4,291 +0.61% 1851 4,222 −0.32% 1856 4,010 −1.03% 1861 4,205 +0.95% 1866 4,147 −0.28% 1872 4,028 −0.48% 1876 4,049 +0.13% 1881 4,167 +0.58% 1886 4,280 +0.54% 1891 3,546 −3.69% 1896 3,544 −0.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,545 +0.01% 1906 3,621 +0.43% 1911 3,604 −0.09% 1921 3,073 −1.58% 1926 2,591 −3.35% 1931 2,539 −0.40% 1936 2,404 −1.09% 1946 2,436 +0.13% 1954 2,704 +1.31% 1962 2,450 −1.23% 1968 2,534 +0.56% 1975 2,632 +0.54% 1982 2,666 +0.18% 1990 2,924 +1.16% 1999 3,096 +0.64% 2007 3,148 +0.21% 2012 3,030 −0.76% 2017 3,159 +0.84%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department