Pontcharra

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pontcharra

(2020–2026) Christophe Borg^[1]Area

16 km² (6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

7,361 • Density460/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38314 /38530

Elevation244–1,217 m (801–3,993 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontcharra (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ʃaʁa]; Arpitan: Pont-Charrâ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,929	—
1975	4,613	+2.32%
1982	5,473	+2.47%
1990	5,824	+0.78%
1999	6,435	+1.11%
2007	7,230	+1.47%
2012	7,203	−0.07%
2017	7,344	+0.39%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Personalities

Pontcharra is the birthplace of former Formula One driver René Arnoux. Chevalier de Bayard, the legendary "knight without fear and without reproach", was born at the Château Bayard in Pontcharra.

Twin towns

Pontcharra is twinned with:

Rovasenda, Italy, since 1973

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
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE