Gières

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.

Gières
Commune
Grenoble-Universités train station
Coat of arms
Location of Gières
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Coordinates: 45°10′58″N 5°47′33″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Verri[1]
Area 1	6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,353
• Density	1,060/km2 (2,750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38179 /38610
Elevation	205–660 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.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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:

• Vignate, Italy, since 1980
• Independencia, Peru, since 1989 ^[6]
• Certeze, Romania, since 1990
• Bethlehem, Palestine, since 1996

See also

• Communes of the Isère department