Souspierre
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Dieulefit | |
| Community association | Dieulefit-Bourdeaux | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 33 ' N , 4 ° 58' E | |
| height | 228-635 m | |
| surface | 5.25 km 2 | |
| Residents | 97 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26160 | |
| INSEE code | 26343 | |
 View of Souspierre |
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Souspierre is a French municipality with 97 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 .
geography
Souspierre is located between Lyon and Avignon at an average altitude of 270 m , ten kilometers west of Dieulefit and 17 kilometers east of Montélimar in the Jabron valley . The neighboring municipalities are Salettes , La Bégude-de-Mazenc , Le Poët-Laval and Eyzahut .
history
The oldest mention of Sopeyra can be found in a deed of donation from Duke Adémar de Valence from 1219 to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, d. H. the Maltese - Coming from Le Poët-Laval . In 1562 the place was recorded as a soup . The inhabitants are called Souspierrois or Souspierroises .
A small literary annotation received Souspierre in the 2007 published novel Kalahari by Ludwig Harig .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 79 | 71 | 72 | 84 | 99 | 96 | 102 | 97 |
Attractions
- Ruin of a rectangular tower on a rock above the village.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Harig: Kalahari. A true novel. Munich, Carl Hanser 2007, ISBN 3446208194
