Alixan

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Alixan

(2020–2026) Jean-Claude Duclaux^[1]Area

28.28 km² (10.92 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,645 • Density94/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

26004 /26300

Elevation163–224 m (535–735 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Alixan (French pronunciation: [aliksɑ̃]; Occitan: Aleissan) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Valence TGV station, in the west of the commune, has rail connections to Valence, Grenoble, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier and several other destinations.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,149	—
1975	1,099	−0.63%
1982	1,335	+2.82%
1990	1,703	+3.09%
1999	2,080	+2.25%
2007	2,268	+1.09%
2012	2,452	+1.57%
2017	2,509	+0.46%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE