Francillon-sur-Roubion

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Commune of Francillon-sur-Roubion
Location
Longitude	05° 05' 14" East
Latitude	44° 37' 29" North
Administration
Country	France
Région	Rhône-Alpes
Département	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Canton of Crest-Sud
Statistics
Altitude	287 m–651 m (avg. 462 m)
Land area¹	10.8 km²
Population² (1999)	140
- Density (1999)	12/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	26137/ 26400
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Francillon-sur-Roubion is a town and commune in the Drôme département of France, in the Rhône-Alpes région.

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One wikipedian traveler notes: "When I first came to the village in the 80's there were lot's of ruins from the Second World War. Now it's all restored and there are about 80 houses." The mayor is well liked and the population goes from about 200 in the summer down to about 70 or so in the summer. Like a lot of villages in this area, there are new houses going up around the edges but it is still a stunning little place. There's no boulangerie or cafe, with the closest in Saou to the west or Bordeaux to the East, but it does get regularly visited by a man with a van so you'll never be short of a picodon.