Hostun
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Valence | |
| Canton | Vercors-Monts du Matin | |
| Community association | Valence Roman's agglo | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 2 ′ N , 5 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 196-1,133 m | |
| surface | 18.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 983 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26730 | |
| INSEE code | 26149 | |
| Website | www.hostun.fr | |
Hostun is a French municipality with 983 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 689 | 705 | 667 | 664 | 653 | 758 | 964 | 983 |
Personalities
- Hostun is known in France because of some historical personalities from the Hostun family . These include Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, duc de Tallard (1652–1728), general and marshal of France .
- Philippe Clave (1916–1996), French general and military governor of Paris from 1973 to 1975, also comes from the Hostun community.
- The Oblate priest Eugène-Casimir Chirouse (1854–1927), who was born in Hostun, worked as a missionary in Canada .
Web links
Commons : Hostun - collection of images, videos and audio files
