Gières
Commune
Grenoble-Universités train station
Grenoble-Universités train station
Coat of arms of Gières
Coat of arms
Location of Gières
Gières is located in France
Gières
Gières
Gières is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Gières
Gières
Coordinates: 45°10′58″N 5°47′33″E / 45.1828°N 5.7925°E / 45.1828; 5.7925
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonSaint-Martin-d'Hères
IntercommunalityGrenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pierre Verri[1]
Area
1
6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
7,161
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38179 /38610
Elevation205–660 m (673–2,165 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gières (French pronunciation: [ʒjɛʁ] ⓘ; Arpitan: Giére) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).[3] The archaeologist Joseph Chamonard (1866–1936) died in Gières. Grenoble-Universités-Gières station has rail connections to Grenoble, Chambéry and Valence.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 910—    
1800 1,001+1.37%
1806 1,039+0.62%
1821 1,098+0.37%
1831 1,153+0.49%
1836 1,146−0.12%
1841 1,162+0.28%
1846 1,208+0.78%
1851 1,185−0.38%
1856 1,164−0.36%
1861 1,111−0.93%
1866 1,202+1.59%
1872 1,163−0.55%
1876 1,143−0.43%
1881 1,112−0.55%
1886 1,142+0.53%
1891 1,133−0.16%
1896 1,134+0.02%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,031−1.89%
1906 1,063+0.61%
1911 1,078+0.28%
1921 1,041−0.35%
1926 1,166+2.29%
1931 1,287+1.99%
1936 1,308+0.32%
1946 1,320+0.09%
1954 1,624+2.62%
1962 1,846+1.61%
1968 2,801+7.20%
1975 3,346+2.57%
1982 4,005+2.60%
1990 4,373+1.10%
1999 6,127+3.82%
2007 6,161+0.07%
2012 6,200+0.13%
2017 6,779+1.80%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Twin towns

Gières is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
  4. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gières, EHESS (in French).
  5. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ↑ "Pérou". Gières (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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