Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans

Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
Commune
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Coordinates: 45°02′54″N 5°20′32″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Vercors-Monts du Matin
Intercommunality	Royans-Vercors
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Testoud[1]
Area ^1	6.14 km^2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	543
• Density	88/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26302 /26190
Elevation	178–1,053 m (584–3,455 ft) (avg. 286 m or 938 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ølali ɑ̃ ʁwajɑ̃]; Vivaro-Alpine: Santa Eulàlia de Roians) is a commune in the Drôme department in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	282	—
1975	360	+3.55%
1982	386	+1.00%
1990	402	+0.51%
1999	507	+2.61%
2009	533	+0.50%
2014	557	+0.88%
2020	549	−0.24%
Source: INSEE[3]

Geography

Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans is located 7 km northeast of Saint-Jean-en-Royans and 34 km east of Romans-sur-Isère.

The bordering communes are Pont-en-Royans, Saint-Laurent-en-Royans and Échevis.

Remarkable Geographical Sites

The "Réculée des Grands Goulets" is a remarkable geological site of 1,645.95 hectares, crossed by the Vernaison, which is located in the towns of Châtelus (in the place called Grands Goulets), La Chapelle-en-Vercors, Échevis, Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans, Saint-Julien-en-Vercors, Saint-Laurent-en-Royans, Saint-Martin-en-Vercors and Pont-en-Royans. In 2014, it was classified in the "Inventory of Geological Heritage"».^[4]

History

• January 9, 1965: "Sainte-Eulalie" was changed to the longer "Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans."^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Parc naturel régional du Vercors

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Inventaire du patrimoine géologique : résultats, Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Énergie et de la Mer - DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 24 janvier 2014 (mis à jour le 31 mars 2015), accès le 23 septembre 2016.
5. Décret du 5 janvier 1965 portant changement de noms de communes, JORF No. 7 du 9 janvier 1965, sur Légifrance.