Pellafol

Pellafol
Pellafol
Commune
	The town hall of Pellafol
	Location of Pellafol
	Pellafol Pellafol
	Coordinates: 44°47′50″N 5°54′39″E / 44.7972°N 5.9108°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Matheysine-Trièves
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Joubert
Area 1	35 km2 (14 sq mi)
Population (2021)	135
• Density	3.9/km2 (10.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38299 /38970
Elevation	639–2,793 m (2,096–9,163 ft) ; (avg. 934 m or 3,064 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pellafol (French pronunciation: [pɛlafɔl]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Geography

Pellafol is situated 7 km (4.3 mi) to the south of Dauphiné and Dévoluy (midway between Grenoble and Gap) on a magnificent plateau near Lake Sautet, It has limited entry to the departments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes.

Neighboring communes

Corps, Cordéac, Ambel, Beaufin, Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy.

History

Historically, Pellafol was a former fort château.

Administration

Since 2014, Thierry Joubert has been the mayor of Pellafol. He was re-elected in the 2020 municipal elections.^[1]

List of successive mayors
Term	Name
2001–2008	Yves Moutin
2008	Jean Pierre Arneaudo
2008–2014	Agnès Robert
2014–2026	Thierry Joubert

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	245	—
1975	200	−2.86%
1982	152	−3.84%
1990	149	−0.25%
1999	137	−0.93%
2009	136	−0.07%
2014	139	+0.44%
2020	136	−0.36%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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[mayor-1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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