Saint-Paul-de-Varces

Saint-Paul-de-Varces (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl də vaʁs], literally Saint-Paul of Varces; Arpitan: Sant-Pol) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Saint-Paul-de-Varces
Commune
Town hall
Location of Saint-Paul-de-Varces
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Coordinates: 45°04′20″N 5°38′27″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Pont-de-Claix
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Cécile Curtet [1]
Area 1	20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,212
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38436 /38760
Elevation	293–2,047 m (961–6,716 ft) (avg. 388 m or 1,273 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located 30 km southwest of Grenoble.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 551 —     1821 747 +1.09% 1846 727 −0.11% 1872 616 −0.64% 1901 526 −0.54% 1926 404 −1.05% 1946 392 −0.15% 1962 419 +0.42%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 456 +1.42% 1975 581 +3.52% 1982 941 +7.13% 1990 1,530 +6.26% 1999 1,845 +2.10% 2007 2,008 +1.06% 2012 2,216 +1.99% 2017 2,173 −0.39%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end		Party
Denis Bonzy	1989	1995		Rally for the Republic
Francois Diaz	1995	2014		Socialist Party
David Richard	2014	in office		Union of Democrats and Independents

See also

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