Dionay

Dionay
Dionay
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Dionay
Coordinates: 45°12′14″N 5°13′14″E / 45.2039°N 5.2206°ECoordinates: 45°12′14″N 5°13′14″E / 45.2039°N 5.2206°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Sud Grésivaudan
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Marcellin
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Garnier
Area^1	14.01 km^2 (5.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	120
• Density	8.6/km^2 (22/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38145 / 38160
Elevation	392–625 m (1,286–2,051 ft) (avg. 520 m or 1,710 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dionay is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 31 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	424	—
1806	444	+4.7%
1821	495	+11.5%
1831	450	−9.1%
1841	492	+9.3%
1846	477	−3.0%
1851	519	+8.8%
1861	483	−6.9%
1872	409	−15.3%
1881	360	−12.0%
1891	369	+2.5%
1901	468	+26.8%
1911	322	−31.2%
1921	239	−25.8%
1931	235	−1.7%
1946	221	−6.0%
1954	193	−12.7%
1962	180	−6.7%
1968	147	−18.3%
1975	128	−12.9%
1982	124	−3.1%
1990	103	−16.9%
1999	107	+3.9%
2009	125	+16.8%
2011	120	−4.0%

Twin towns

Dionay is twinned with:

• Sermoneta, Italy, since 2007

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

1. Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2015

• INSEE statistics