Villefontaine

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Villefontaine
Commune
The church of Villefontaine
The church of Villefontaine
Location of Villefontaine
Map
(2020–2026)
Patrick Nicole-Williams[1]
Area
1
11.63 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
19,083
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
DemonymVillard (masculine) Villarde (feminine)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38553 /38090
Elevation208–352 m (682–1,155 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villefontaine (French pronunciation: [vilfɔ̃tɛn]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[3] in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 345—    
1800 264−3.75%
1806 322+3.37%
1821 509+3.10%
1831 503−0.12%
1836 521+0.71%
1841 519−0.08%
1846 505−0.55%
1851 541+1.39%
1856 504−1.41%
1861 462−1.73%
1866 459−0.13%
1872 451−0.29%
1876 418−1.88%
1881 409−0.43%
1886 414+0.24%
1891 408−0.29%
1896 412+0.20%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 414+0.10%
1906 392−1.09%
1911 345−2.52%
1921 432+2.27%
1926 450+0.82%
1931 509+2.49%
1936 455−2.22%
1946 395−1.40%
1954 398+0.09%
1962 467+2.02%
1968 452−0.54%
1975 1,694+20.77%
1982 9,719+28.35%
1990 16,171+6.57%
1999 17,766+1.05%
2007 18,721+0.66%
2012 18,009−0.77%
2017 18,763+0.82%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Twin towns – sister cities

Villefontaine is twinned with:[6]

  • Germany Kahl am Main, Germany (1990)
  • Germany Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany (1994)
  • Tunisia Gremda, Tunisia (1994)
  • Italy Salzano, Italy (2009)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villefontaine, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "Jumelages". villefontaine.fr (in French). Villefontaine. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

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