Le Bourg-d'Oisans

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Bourg-d'Oisans

(2020–2026) Guy Verney^[1]Area

36 km² (14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,063 • Density85/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38052 /38520

Elevation701–3,121 m (2,300–10,240 ft)
(avg. 720 m or 2,360 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bourg-d'Oisans (French pronunciation: [lə buʁ dwazɑ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

It is located in the Oisans region of the French Alps. Le Bourg-d'Oisans is located in the valley of the Romanche river, on the road from Grenoble to Briançon, and on the south side of the Col de la Croix de Fer. It is often on the route of the Tour de France, as the town sits at the base of the road climbing to Alpe d'Huez with 21 hairpin bends.

It is surrounded by several well-known mountain resorts, including the Alpe d'Huez and Les Deux Alpes. The Écrins National Park lies to the southeast of Le Bourg-d'Oisans.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,992	—
1800	2,079	+0.61%
1806	2,383	+2.30%
1821	2,473	+0.25%
1831	3,052	+2.13%
1836	3,019	−0.22%
1841	3,196	+1.15%
1846	3,355	+0.98%
1851	3,212	−0.87%
1856	2,760	−2.99%
1861	2,796	+0.26%
1866	2,772	−0.17%
1872	2,773	+0.01%
1876	2,658	−1.05%
1881	2,650	−0.06%
1886	2,550	−0.77%
1891	2,543	−0.05%
1896	2,375	−1.36%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,618	+1.97%
1906	2,587	−0.24%
1911	2,624	+0.28%
1921	2,112	−2.15%
1926	2,262	+1.38%
1931	2,239	−0.20%
1936	2,395	+1.36%
1946	2,375	−0.08%
1954	2,150	−1.24%
1962	2,189	+0.22%
1968	2,280	+0.68%
1975	2,448	+1.02%
1982	3,027	+3.08%
1990	2,911	−0.49%
1999	2,984	+0.28%
2007	3,352	+1.46%
2012	3,228	−0.75%
2017	3,278	+0.31%

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "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 Le Bourg-d'Oisans, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE