Gières
Grenoble-Universités train station
Grenoble-Universités train station
Coat of arms of Gières
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 (20202026) 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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