Huez

Huez (French pronunciation: [ɥɛz]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The mountain resort Alpe d'Huez is located in the commune. L'Alpe d'Huez is often an ascent on the Tour de France.

Huez
Commune
Alpe d'Huez
Coat of arms
Location of Huez
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Coordinates: 45°05′00″N 6°03′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Oisans-Romanche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Noyrey[1]
Area 1	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,264
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38191 /38750
Elevation	1,024–3,081 m (3,360–10,108 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.
1968	619	—
1975	1,410	+12.48%
1982	1,154	−2.82%
1990	1,265	+1.15%
1999	1,671	+3.14%
2009	1,338	−2.20%
2014	1,367	+0.43%
2020	1,298	−0.86%
Source: INSEE[3]

Twin towns

Huez is twinned with:

• Bormio, Italy, since 2005

See also

• Alpe d'Huez
• Communes of the Isère department