Lans-en-Vercors

Lans-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃s ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Lans in Vercors) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Lans-en-Vercors
Commune
A general view of Lans-en-Vercors
Location of Lans-en-Vercors
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Coordinates: 45°07′45″N 5°35′21″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Fontaine-Vercors
Intercommunality	Massif du Vercors
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michaël Kraemer[1]
Area 1	39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,698
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38205 /38250
Elevation	902–1,960 m (2,959–6,430 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 980 —     1800 898 −1.24% 1806 1,060 +2.80% 1821 1,013 −0.30% 1831 1,076 +0.61% 1836 1,155 +1.43% 1841 1,180 +0.43% 1846 1,265 +1.40% 1851 1,170 −1.55% 1856 1,174 +0.07% 1861 1,169 −0.09% 1866 1,120 −0.85% 1872 1,102 −0.27% 1876 1,051 −1.18% 1881 1,032 −0.36% 1886 1,014 −0.35% 1891 978 −0.72% 1896 961 −0.35%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 888 −1.57% 1906 893 +0.11% 1911 846 −1.08% 1921 726 −1.52% 1926 717 −0.25% 1931 721 +0.11% 1936 738 +0.47% 1946 923 +2.26% 1954 867 −0.78% 1962 693 −2.76% 1968 795 +2.31% 1975 859 +1.11% 1982 1,098 +3.57% 1990 1,451 +3.55% 1999 2,026 +3.78% 2007 2,384 +2.05% 2012 2,574 +1.55% 2017 2,651 +0.59%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns

Lans-en-Vercors is twinned with:

• Saint-Donat, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada, since 1990

See also

• Communes of the Isère department
• Parc naturel régional du Vercors