Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Claude Fourel^[1]Area19.52 km² (7.54 sq mi)Population4,255 • Density220/km² (560/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation176–411 m (577–1,348 ft)
(avg. 255 m or 837 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ dɔna syʁ lɛʁbas]; Vivaro-Alpine: Sant Donat) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. The writer and literary prizes winner Isabelle Hausser was born in Saint-Donat.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,217	—
1975	2,141	−0.50%
1982	2,233	+0.60%
1990	2,658	+2.20%
1999	3,132	+1.84%
2007	3,497	+1.39%
2012	3,912	+2.27%
2017	4,195	+1.41%
Source: INSEE[3]

Twin towns — sister cities

Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse is twinned with:

• Oulx, Italy (1988)
• Ottobeuren, Germany (1994)

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department

References