Eyzahut
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Dieulefit | |
| Community association | Dieulefit-Bourdeaux | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 34 ' N , 5 ° 1' E | |
| height | 285-872 m | |
| surface | 6.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 147 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26160 | |
| INSEE code | 26131 | |
Eyzahut is a French municipality with 147 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the department of Drôme ; it belongs to the canton of Dieulefit in the arrondissement of Nyons . The residents call themselves Eyzahutiennes .
geography
The place is located at an average altitude of 500 meters above sea level in the south of the Drôme department, eight kilometers northwest of Dieulefit and 25 kilometers east of Montélimar . Three rivers cut the municipality - the Ruisseau de Salettes , the Ruisseau de Rioussec and the Ruisseau de Ribesaille .
The closest places to Eyzahut are La Bégude-de-Mazenc and Salettes .
history
The oldest documented mention as Castrum de Eyzahuco comes from the year 1237. The place name is actually of Celtic origin (Aysahûgs) , 1340 it was recorded as Aysahuco, 1442 as Esaü. In the Middle Ages, Eyzahut was under the control of the Maltese - Coming from Le Poët-Laval .
The village and its surroundings, which are quite inaccessible between steep rock formations, were both during the Huguenot Wars and during the Second World War a place of refuge for resistance and the Resistance .
Population development
| year | 1831 | 1911 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 223 | 133 | 63 | 52 | 47 | 78 | 86 | 111 | 127 | 142 |
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Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Paul: Romania Germanica. The oldest contacts between Romans and Germanic peoples. Volume 11. Berlin: De Gruyter 1936, p. 25.