Étoile-sur-Rhône

Étoile-sur-Rhône (French pronunciation: [etwal syʁ ʁon], literally Étoile on Rhône; Occitan: Estiala) is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.

Étoile-sur-Rhône
Commune
A general view of Étoile-sur-Rhône
Coat of arms
Location of Étoile-sur-Rhône
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Coordinates: 44°50′16″N 4°53′40″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Valence
Canton	Loriol-sur-Drôme
Intercommunality	CA Valence Romans Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Françoise Chazal[1]
Area 1	42.79 km2 (16.52 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,497
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26124 /26800
Elevation	93–241 m (305–791 ft) (avg. 172 m or 564 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1911	2,567	—
1962	2,133	−0.36%
1968	2,268	+1.03%
1975	2,559	+1.74%
1982	2,897	+1.79%
1990	3,504	+2.41%
1999	4,054	+1.63%
2007	4,471	+1.23%
2012	5,024	+2.36%
2017	5,478	+1.75%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department