Voreppe

Voreppe is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The commune contains the Monastère de Chalais, a Dominican monastery about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the town of Voreppe.

Voreppe
Commune
Church of Saint-Didier
Coat of arms
Location of Voreppe
Voreppe Voreppe
Coordinates: 45°17′55″N 5°38′15″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Voiron
Intercommunality	Pays Voironnais
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Luc Rémond
Area ^1	28.65 km^2 (11.06 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	9,293
• Density	320/km^2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38565 /38340
Elevation	185–1,702 m (607–5,584 ft) (avg. 249 m or 817 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,395	—
1806	2,965	+23.8%
1821	2,521	−15.0%
1831	3,280	+30.1%
1841	3,005	−8.4%
1851	2,970	−1.2%
1861	2,887	−2.8%
1872	2,769	−4.1%
1881	2,886	+4.2%
1891	2,815	−2.5%
1901	3,005	+6.7%
1911	2,600	−13.5%
1921	2,426	−6.7%
1931	2,801	+15.5%
1946	2,611	−6.8%
1954	3,099	+18.7%
1962	3,617	+16.7%
1968	4,785	+32.3%
1975	5,995	+25.3%
1982	7,970	+32.9%
1990	8,446	+6.0%
1999	9,231	+9.3%
2006	9,615	+4.2%
2007	9,655	+0.4%
2008	9,696	+0.4%
2012	9,653	−0.4%
2015	9,441	−2.2%

Twin towns

Voreppe is twinned with:

• Lichtenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 1992
• Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy, since 1994
• Lapoș, Romania, since 1990

See also

• Urban unit of Grenoble
• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.