Isle, Haute-Vienne

Isle (French pronunciation: [il] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Isla) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

Isle
Commune
Le château de Gigondas, in Isle
Coat of arms
Location of Isle
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Coordinates: 45°48′18″N 1°13′38″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Limoges
Canton	Limoges-9
Intercommunality	CU Limoges Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Bégout[1]
Area 1	20.18 km2 (7.79 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,915
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	87075 /87170
Elevation	208–346 m (682–1,135 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

As of 2019, Isle is the fifth commune of the department (by population), after Limoges, Saint-Junien, Panazol and Couzeix.

Population

Inhabitants are known as Islois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,732	—
1975	5,808	+2.97%
1982	6,863	+2.41%
1990	7,292	+0.76%
1999	7,691	+0.59%
2007	7,517	−0.29%
2012	7,515	−0.01%
2017	7,696	+0.48%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department