Saint-Avit, Drôme

Saint-Avit is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Saint-Avit was detached from the municipality of Ratières on November 15, 1869 and is located 17 km east of Saint-Vallier (capital of the canton) and 10 km north of Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse.

Saint-Avit
Commune
A general view of Saint-Avit
Location of Saint-Avit
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Coordinates: 45°11′51″N 4°58′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Valence
Canton	Drôme des collines
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Robert[1]
Area 1	8.94 km2 (3.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	323
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26293 /26330
Elevation	227–443 m (745–1,453 ft) (avg. 348 m or 1,142 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Map commune de Saint-Avit.

The surrounding communities are Ratières, Saint-Martin-d'Août, Bathernay, Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, Mureils and Claveyson.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 527 —     1876 503 −1.16% 1881 473 −1.22% 1886 483 +0.42% 1891 487 +0.17% 1896 477 −0.41% 1901 475 −0.08% 1906 441 −1.47% 1911 419 −1.02% 1921 388 −0.77% 1926 364 −1.27% 1931 341 −1.30%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 358 +0.98% 1946 300 −1.75% 1954 304 +0.17% 1962 311 +0.28% 1968 276 −1.97% 1975 240 −1.98% 1982 231 −0.54% 1990 212 −1.07% 1999 242 +1.48% 2007 307 +3.02% 2012 298 −0.59% 2017 306 +0.53%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department

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. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Avit, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE