Fitilieu

Fitilieu (French pronunciation: [fitiljø]; Arpitan: Feteliô) is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné.^[2]

Fitilieu
Part of Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné
Train station
Location of Fitilieu
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Coordinates: 45°32′51″N 5°33′43″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Chartreuse-Guiers
Commune	Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné
Area 1	10.01 km2 (3.86 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	2,071
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38490
Elevation	280–407 m (919–1,335 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 most of the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 870 —     1806 1,055 +21.3% 1821 1,078 +2.2% 1831 1,433 +32.9% 1841 1,422 −0.8% 1851 1,413 −0.6% 1861 1,288 −8.8% 1872 1,246 −3.3% 1881 1,280 +2.7% 1891 1,260 −1.6% 1901 1,124 −10.8% 1911 1,028 −8.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 894 −13.0% 1931 1,007 +12.6% 1946 953 −5.4% 1962 1,102 +15.6% 1968 1,046 −5.1% 1975 1,083 +3.5% 1982 1,224 +13.0% 1990 1,262 +3.1% 1999 1,275 +1.0% 2008 1,584 +24.2% 2011 1,754 +10.7% 2019 1,941 +10.7%

Economy

Hermès leather goods factory^[3]

Attractions

• Fauves Zoological Park
• Church of Saint-Pierre

See also

• Communes of the Isère department