Saint-Laurent-en-Royans

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Saint-Laurent-en-Royans
Saint-Laurent-en-Royans (France)
Saint-Laurent-en-Royans
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement The
Canton Vercors-Monts du Matin
Community association Royans-Vercors
Coordinates 45 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E
height 171-1,400 m
surface 27.39 km 2
Residents 1,419 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 52 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26190
INSEE code
Website www.saint-laurent-en-royans.fr

Town hall ( Mairie ) of Saint-Laurent-en-Royans

Saint-Laurent-en-Royans is a French commune with 1,419 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Valence in the canton of Vercors-Monts du Matin (until 2015: canton of Saint-Jean-en-Royans ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Laurentinois .

geography

Saint-Laurent-en-Royans is about 37 kilometers east-southeast of Grenoble . The municipality belongs to the Vercors Regional Nature Park . Saint-Laurent-en-Royans is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Auberives-en-Royans in the north, Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans in the north and north-east, Échevis in the east and north-east, La Chapelle-en-Vercors in the east and south-east, Bouvante in the south, Saint-Jean-en-Royans in the west and Saint-Thomas-en-Royans in the northwest.

Population development

Number of inhabitants
year 1911 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 938 864 1,032 1.110 1,137 1,330 1,218 1,315 1,348

Attractions

Saint-Antoine-le-Grand orthodox monastery
  • Saint-Antoine-le-Grand Orthodox Monastery
  • La Bâtie castle from the 14th century

Web links

Commons : Saint-Laurent-en-Royans  - Collection of images, videos and audio files