Dionay

Dionay
Part of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye
Location of Dionay
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Coordinates: 45°12′14″N 5°13′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Sud Grésivaudan
Commune	Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye
Area 1	14.01 km2 (5.41 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	113
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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.

Dionay (French pronunciation: [djɔnɛ]) 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.

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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%

OpenStreetMap of Dionay, 2021

Dionay, old military map, 1866

Twin towns

Dionay is twinned with:

• Sermoneta, Italy, since 2007

See also

• Communes of the Isère department