Pellafol

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Coordinates: 44°47′50″N 5°54′39″E / 44.797222, 5.910833

Commune of Pellafol

Location
Pellafol (France)
Pellafol
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Corps
Intercommunality Community of communes of the Corps region
Mayor Yves Moutin
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 639 m–2,793 m
(avg. 934 m)
Land area¹ 35 km²
Population²
(1999)
137
 - Density 4/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 38299/ 38970
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Pellafol is a French commune, situated in the département of Isère and the région of Rhône-Alpes.

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[edit] Geography

Pellafol is situated 7 km to south of Dauphiné and Dévoluy (midway between Grenoble and Gap). On a magnificent plateau served by Lake Sautet, with limited entry to the departments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes. Pellafol is 990m in altitude.

[edit] Bordering Communes

Corps, Cordéac, Ambel, Beaufin, St étienne en Dévoluy.

[edit] History

Historically, Pellafol was a former fort château.

[edit] Administration

List of the successive mayors
period name party background
2001 Yves Moutin
Earlier data are not yet known.

[edit] Demographics

Demographic evolution
1882 1926 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
 ?  ? 283 245 200 152 149 137
Number of inhabitants at the end of 1990 : Population without double counts