Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans

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Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
Commune
The church of Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
Location of Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans
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Coordinates: 45°02′54″N 5°20′32″E / 45.0483°N 5.3422°E / 45.0483; 5.3422
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Vercors-Monts du Matin
Intercommunality	Royans-Vercors
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Testoud^[1]
Area ¹	6.14 km² (2.37 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	543
• Density	88/km² (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26302 /26190
Elevation	178–1,053 m (584–3,455 ft) (avg. 286 m or 938 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ølali ɑ̃ ʁwajɑ̃]; Vivaro-Alpine: Santa Eulàlia de Roians) is a commune in the Drôme department in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, southeastern France.

Population

Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans is located 7 km northeast of Saint-Jean-en-Royans and 34 km east of Romans-sur-Isère.

The "Réculée des Grands Goulets" is a remarkable geological site of 1,645.95 hectares, crossed by the Vernaison, which is located in the towns of Châtelus (in the place called Grands Goulets), La Chapelle-en-Vercors, Échevis, Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans, Saint-Julien-en-Vercors, Saint-Laurent-en-Royans, Saint-Martin-en-Vercors and Pont-en-Royans. In 2014, it was classified in the "Inventory of Geological Heritage"».^[4]