Varces-Allières-et-Risset

Coordinates: 45°05′15″N 5°37′40″E / 45.0875°N 5.6278°E / 45.0875; 5.6278
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Varces-Allières-et-Risset
Seen from the Pic St. Michel
Seen from the Pic St. Michel
Location of Varces-Allières-et-Risset
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Varces-Allières-et-Risset is located in France
Varces-Allières-et-Risset
Varces-Allières-et-Risset
Varces-Allières-et-Risset is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Varces-Allières-et-Risset
Varces-Allières-et-Risset
Coordinates: 45°05′15″N 5°37′40″E / 45.0875°N 5.6278°E / 45.0875; 5.6278
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonLe Pont-de-Claix
IntercommunalityGrenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Luc Corbet[1]
Area
1
21 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
8,287
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38524 /38760
Elevation247–1,960 m (810–6,430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Varces-Allières-et-Risset (French pronunciation: [vaʁs aljɛʁ e ʁisɛ]; Arpitan: Varse-Aliéres-et-Riosèc) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[3] It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).[4] It was created in 1955 by the merger of the former communes Varces and Allières-et-Risset.[3][5]

Population[edit]

The population data given in the table below for 1954 and earlier refer to the former commune of Varces.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 637—    
1800 512−3.07%
1806 670+4.58%
1821 735+0.62%
1831 722−0.18%
1836 742+0.55%
1841 745+0.08%
1846 788+1.13%
1851 733−1.44%
1856 762+0.78%
1861 738−0.64%
1866 715−0.63%
1872 678−0.88%
1876 715+1.34%
1881 703−0.34%
1886 729+0.73%
1891 720−0.25%
1896 690−0.85%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 621−2.09%
1906 615−0.19%
1911 611−0.13%
1921 586−0.42%
1926 591+0.17%
1931 675+2.69%
1936 577−3.09%
1946 639+1.03%
1954 808+2.98%
1962 2,152+13.03%
1968 2,296+1.09%
1975 2,809+2.92%
1982 3,576+3.51%
1990 4,592+3.18%
1999 5,341+1.69%
2007 6,609+2.70%
2012 6,583−0.08%
2017 8,250+4.62%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
  5. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Varces-Allières-et-Risset, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE