Étoile-sur-Rhône

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Étoile-sur-Rhône

(2020–2026) Françoise Chazal^[1]Area

42.79 km² (16.52 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,526 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

26124 /26800

Elevation93–241 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.

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.

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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Étoile-sur-Rhône, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE