La Verpillière

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Verpillière

(2020–2026) Patrick Margier^[1]Area

6.64 km² (2.56 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

7,500 • Density1,100/km² (2,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38537 /38290

Elevation205–305 m (673–1,001 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Verpillière (French pronunciation: [la vɛʁpijɛʁ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

La Verpillière railway station on the line between Lyon and Grenoble is located to the south-east of the town center.

Geography

The Bourbre flows northwest through the northern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	559	—
1800	580	+0.53%
1806	647	+1.84%
1821	775	+1.21%
1831	1,062	+3.20%
1836	1,060	−0.04%
1841	1,186	+2.27%
1846	1,176	−0.17%
1851	1,220	+0.74%
1856	1,224	+0.07%
1861	1,229	+0.08%
1866	1,254	+0.40%
1872	1,243	−0.15%
1876	1,240	−0.06%
1881	1,210	−0.49%
1886	1,240	+0.49%
1891	1,215	−0.41%
1896	1,237	+0.36%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,328	+1.43%
1906	1,271	−0.87%
1911	1,307	+0.56%
1921	1,424	+0.86%
1926	1,506	+1.13%
1931	1,523	+0.22%
1936	1,365	−2.17%
1946	1,381	+0.12%
1954	1,494	+0.99%
1962	1,795	+2.32%
1968	2,424	+5.13%
1975	3,285	+4.44%
1982	5,400	+7.36%
1990	5,595	+0.44%
1999	5,691	+0.19%
2007	6,018	+0.70%
2012	6,528	+1.64%
2017	7,226	+2.05%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Verpillière, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE