Dieulefit

Dieulefit
Commune
The centre of Dieulefit
Coat of arms
Location of Dieulefit
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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. ±% 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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