Morestel

Morestel (Francoprovençal: Mouretél) is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.

Morestel
Commune
The centre of Morestel
Coat of arms
Location of Morestel
Morestel Morestel
Coordinates: 45°40′43″N 5°28′15″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Morestel
Intercommunality	Pays des Couleurs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frederic Vial[1]
Area ^1	8.03 km^2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	4,469
• Density	560/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38261 /38510
Elevation	205–319 m (673–1,047 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Morestel is situated on the old National Highway 75, now RD 1075, between Bourg-en-Bresse and Grenoble.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 875 —     1806 936 +7.0% 1821 1,080 +15.4% 1831 1,326 +22.8% 1841 1,390 +4.8% 1851 1,437 +3.4% 1861 1,358 −5.5% 1872 1,296 −4.6% 1881 1,234 −4.8% 1891 1,446 +17.2% 1901 1,331 −8.0% 1911 1,405 +5.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,323 −5.8% 1931 1,270 −4.0% 1946 1,285 +1.2% 1954 1,286 +0.1% 1962 1,455 +13.1% 1968 1,782 +22.5% 1975 2,308 +29.5% 1982 2,738 +18.6% 1990 2,972 +8.5% 1999 3,034 +2.1% 2006 3,841 +26.6% 2011 4,256 +10.8%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. Résultat élections municipales 2020 Morestel, Ouest-France, accessed 18 November 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Official site