Le Pont-de-Claix

Le Pont-de-Claix
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Le Pont-de-Claix
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Coordinates: 45°07′44″N 5°41′56″E / 45.1289°N 5.6989°E / 45.1289; 5.6989
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Pont-de-Claix
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Ferrari[1]
Area ^1	5.6 km^2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	10,846
• Density	1,900/km^2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38317 /38800
Elevation	227–391 m (745–1,283 ft) (avg. 309 m or 1,014 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Pont-de-Claix (French pronunciation: [lə ˈpɔ̃ də ˈklɛ], literally The Bridge of Claix; Arpitan: Lo Pont-de-Cllês) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1876 1,032 —     1881 1,141 +2.03% 1886 1,130 −0.19% 1891 979 −2.83% 1896 903 −1.60% 1901 936 +0.72% 1906 1,105 +3.38% 1911 1,021 −1.57% 1921 1,558 +4.32% 1926 1,765 +2.53% 1931 2,556 +7.69% 1936 2,440 −0.92%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1946 2,550 +0.44% 1954 3,468 +3.92% 1962 4,914 +4.45% 1968 9,790 +12.17% 1975 12,746 +3.84% 1982 11,787 −1.11% 1990 11,871 +0.09% 1999 11,612 −0.24% 2007 11,585 −0.03% 2012 11,221 −0.64% 2017 10,435 −1.44%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Le Pont-de-Claix is twinned with:

• Winsen, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE
4. Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Pont-de-Claix, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE