Varces-Allières-et-Risset

Varces-Allières-et-Risset (French pronunciation: [vaʁs aljɛʁ e ʁisɛ]; Arpitan: Varse-Aliéres-et-Riosèc) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).^[4] It was created in 1955 by the merger of the former communes Varces and Allières-et-Risset.^[5]

Varces-Allières-et-Risset
Commune
Seen from the Pic St. Michel
Location of Varces-Allières-et-Risset
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Coordinates: 45°05′15″N 5°37′40″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Pont-de-Claix
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Corbet[1]
Area 1	20.88 km2 (8.06 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,314
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38524 /38760
Elevation	247–1,960 m (810–6,430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

The population data given in the table below for 1954 and earlier refer to the former commune of Varces.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 637 —     1800 512 −3.07% 1806 670 +4.58% 1821 735 +0.62% 1831 722 −0.18% 1836 742 +0.55% 1841 745 +0.08% 1846 788 +1.13% 1851 733 −1.44% 1856 762 +0.78% 1861 738 −0.64% 1866 715 −0.63% 1872 678 −0.88% 1876 715 +1.34% 1881 703 −0.34% 1886 729 +0.73% 1891 720 −0.25% 1896 690 −0.85%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 621 −2.09% 1906 615 −0.19% 1911 611 −0.13% 1921 586 −0.42% 1926 591 +0.17% 1931 675 +2.69% 1936 577 −3.09% 1946 639 +1.03% 1954 808 +2.98% 1962 2,152 +13.03% 1968 2,296 +1.09% 1975 2,809 +2.92% 1982 3,576 +3.51% 1990 4,592 +3.18% 1999 5,341 +1.69% 2007 6,609 +2.70% 2012 6,583 −0.08% 2017 8,250 +4.62%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

See also

• Parc naturel régional du Vercors