Le Pont-de-Claix

Le Pont-de-Claix (French pronunciation: [lə pɔ̃ də klɛ], literally The Bridge of Claix; Arpitan: Lo Pont-de-Cllês) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).^[4]

Le Pont-de-Claix
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Le Pont-de-Claix
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Coordinates: 45°07′44″N 5°41′56″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Pont-de-Claix
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Ferrari[1]
Area 1	5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	10,846
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38317 /38800
Elevation	227–391 m (745–1,283 ft) (avg. 309 m or 1,014 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. 1876 1,032 —     1881 1,141 +2.03% 1886 1,130 −0.19% 1891 979 −2.83% 1896 903 −1.60% 1901 936 +0.72% 1906 1,105 +3.38% 1911 1,021 −1.57% 1921 1,558 +4.32% 1926 1,765 +2.53% 1931 2,556 +7.69% 1936 2,440 −0.92%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1946 2,550 +0.44% 1954 3,468 +3.92% 1962 4,914 +4.45% 1968 9,790 +12.17% 1975 12,746 +3.84% 1982 11,787 −1.11% 1990 11,871 +0.09% 1999 11,612 −0.24% 2007 11,585 −0.03% 2012 11,221 −0.64% 2017 10,435 −1.44%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Le Pont-de-Claix is twinned with:

• Winsen, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Isère department