Sassenage

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sassenage

(2023–2026) Michel Vendra^[1]Area

13 km² (5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

11,660 • Density900/km² (2,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38474 /38360

Elevation199–1,649 m (653–5,410 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sassenage (French pronunciation: [sasnaʒ]; Arpitan: Sassenâjo) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France, lying in the north-west of the Grenoble urban area (and administratively within the boundaries of the Grenoble-Alpes metropolitan authority).^[3] Its historic centre is on the valley floor at the foot of a large cliff face, with housing also stretching up the lower slopes of the Vercors massif and more recent developments towards Fontaine and the Drac river.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	290	—
1800	1,242	+23.10%
1806	1,050	−2.76%
1821	1,216	+0.98%
1831	1,155	−0.51%
1836	1,420	+4.22%
1841	1,450	+0.42%
1846	1,464	+0.19%
1851	1,514	+0.67%
1856	1,511	−0.04%
1861	1,505	−0.08%
1866	1,708	+2.56%
1872	1,523	−1.89%
1876	1,544	+0.34%
1881	1,632	+1.11%
1886	1,560	−0.90%
1891	1,549	−0.14%
1896	1,587	+0.49%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,559	−0.36%
1906	1,347	−2.88%
1911	1,275	−1.09%
1921	1,344	+0.53%
1926	1,724	+5.11%
1931	1,821	+1.10%
1936	1,625	−2.25%
1946	1,648	+0.14%
1954	2,439	+5.02%
1962	2,589	+0.75%
1968	4,118	+8.04%
1975	7,021	+7.92%
1982	8,945	+3.52%
1990	9,788	+1.13%
1999	9,735	−0.06%
2007	10,631	+1.11%
2012	11,473	+1.54%
2017	11,376	−0.17%

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Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

International relations

Sassenage is twinned with:

Meßkirch, Germany
Sasso Marconi, Italy

References

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