Châbons

Châbons (French pronunciation: [ʃabɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Châbons
Commune
Chateau of Pupetières
Coat of arms
Location of Châbons
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Coordinates: 45°26′41″N 5°25′54″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Le Grand-Lemps
Intercommunality	Bièvre Est
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Pierre Barani[1]
Area 1	18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,152
• Density	118.6/km2 (307.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38065 /38690
Elevation	386–687 m (1,266–2,254 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The Bourbre forms part of the commune's southeastern border and then flows north through the eastern part of the commune.

Climate

In 2010, the commune's climate was classified as a mountain margin climate, according to a study by the National Centre for Scientific Research based on a series of data covering the period 1971-2000.^[3] In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of the climates of metropolitan France in which the commune is exposed to a mountain or mountain margin climate and is in the Northern Alps climate region, characterized by an annual rainfall of 1,200 to 1,500 mm, irregularly distributed in summer.^[4]

For the period 1971-2000, the average annual temperature was 10.5 °C, with an annual temperature range of 17.5 °C. The average annual rainfall was 1,141  mm, with 9.7 days of precipitation in January and 6.7 days in July.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,051 —     1800 1,934 −0.84% 1806 2,215 +2.29% 1821 2,415 +0.58% 1831 2,233 −0.78% 1836 2,243 +0.09% 1841 2,268 +0.22% 1846 2,020 −2.29% 1851 2,039 +0.19% 1856 1,908 −1.32% 1861 1,897 −0.12% 1866 1,986 +0.92% 1872 1,943 −0.36% 1876 1,945 +0.03% 1881 1,860 −0.89% 1886 1,864 +0.04% 1891 1,822 −0.45% 1896 1,748 −0.83%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,756 +0.09% 1906 1,725 −0.36% 1911 1,725 +0.00% 1921 1,568 −0.95% 1926 1,521 −0.61% 1931 1,502 −0.25% 1936 1,383 −1.64% 1946 1,353 −0.22% 1954 1,295 −0.55% 1962 1,261 −0.33% 1968 1,178 −1.13% 1975 1,202 +0.29% 1982 1,282 +0.92% 1990 1,371 +0.84% 1999 1,485 +0.89% 2007 1,732 +1.94% 2012 1,978 +2.69% 2017 2,075 +0.96%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

See also

• Communes of the Isère department