Saillans, Drôme

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saillans

(2020–2026) François Brocard^[1]Area

14.84 km² (5.73 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,405 • Density95/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

26289 /26340

Elevation232–918 m (761–3,012 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saillans (French pronunciation: [sajɑ̃];^[3]^[4]^[5] Occitan: Salhens) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,022	—
1975	878	−2.15%
1982	917	+0.62%
1990	872	−0.63%
1999	905	+0.41%
2009	1,106	+2.03%
2014	1,231	+2.16%
2020	1,388	+2.02%
Source: INSEE^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Saillans : la démocratie participative, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 16 July 2021
^ Le modèle de Saillans dans la Drôme, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 16 July 2021
^ Ça commence d’un sac - Épisode 3 - Saillans, ville laboratoire d’une démocratie participative !, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 16 July 2021
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE