Charvieu-Chavagneux

Charvieu-Chavagneux
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Charvieu-Chavagneux
Charvieu-Chavagneux Charvieu-Chavagneux
Coordinates: 45°44′47″N 5°09′53″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Charvieu-Chavagneux
Intercommunality	Lyon-Saint-Exupéry en Dauphiné
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Dezempte
Area 1	8.65 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	10,280
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38085 /38230
Elevation	200–251 m (656–823 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Charvieu-Chavagneux (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁvjø ʃavaɲø]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

The Bourbre forms most of the commune's eastern border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 168 —     1800 119 −4.81% 1806 208 +9.75% 1821 283 +2.07% 1831 308 +0.85% 1836 382 +4.40% 1841 418 +1.82% 1846 433 +0.71% 1851 470 +1.65% 1856 516 +1.89% 1861 485 −1.23% 1866 515 +1.21% 1872 811 +7.86% 1876 340 −19.53% 1881 348 +0.47% 1886 380 +1.77% 1891 441 +3.02% 1896 493 +2.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 743 +8.55% 1906 1,041 +6.98% 1911 1,160 +2.19% 1921 1,945 +5.30% 1926 2,390 +4.21% 1931 2,090 −2.65% 1936 1,965 −1.23% 1946 2,056 +0.45% 1954 2,355 +1.71% 1962 3,045 +3.26% 1968 3,691 +3.26% 1975 6,470 +8.35% 1982 6,804 +0.72% 1990 8,126 +2.24% 1999 7,889 −0.33% 2007 7,733 −0.25% 2012 8,247 +1.30% 2017 9,661 +3.22%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Personalities

• Jean Djorkaeff, professional football player
• Roger Girerd, mass murderer
• Edward Stachura, Polish poet, philosopher and prose writer

International relations

The commune is twinned with:

• Nauheim, Germany
• Nole, Italy
• Korosten, Ukraine
• Vagharshapat, Armenia

See also

• Communes of the Isère department