Rochefourchat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | The | |
| Canton | Le Diois | |
| Community association | Diois | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 36 ′ N , 5 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 600-1,513 m | |
| surface | 12.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 0 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26340 | |
| INSEE code | 26274 | |
 Rochefourchat |
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Rochefourchat is a commune in the French department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality has 1 inhabitant (January 1st, 2017) and is thus, apart from some of the municipalities in Lorraine that were destroyed and abandoned during the First World War, the smallest municipality in France in terms of population. The smallest municipality in terms of area is Castelmoron-d'Albret in the Gironde department .
geography
The place is located in a very sparsely populated region. The city of Die is a good 20 kilometers away, Montélimar a good 40 kilometers (as the crow flies). The community is at an altitude of 600 to 1513 meters. It extends over an area of 12.74 square kilometers.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 14th | 6th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
politics
Although the parish has only one permanent resident, it has a 9-person parish council . No person on the parish council lives in the parish. In 2010 the municipality's budget was € 18,704.
