Saint-Paul-de-Varces

Saint-Paul-de-Varces is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Saint-Paul-de-Varces
Commune
Town hall
Location of Saint-Paul-de-Varces
Saint-Paul-de-Varces Saint-Paul-de-Varces
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 (2014–2020)	David Richard
Area ^1	20 km^2 (8 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,173
• Density	110/km^2 (280/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located 30 km southwest of Grenoble.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	551	—
1806	626	+13.6%
1821	747	+19.3%
1831	720	−3.6%
1841	726	+0.8%
1851	651	−10.3%
1861	613	−5.8%
1872	616	+0.5%
1881	600	−2.6%
1891	566	−5.7%
1901	526	−7.1%
1911	461	−12.4%
1921	402	−12.8%
1931	375	−6.7%
1946	392	+4.5%
1954	416	+6.1%
1962	419	+0.7%
1968	456	+8.8%
1975	581	+27.4%
1982	941	+62.0%
1990	1,530	+62.6%
1999	1,845	+20.6%
2006	1,990	+7.9%
2011	2,240	+12.6%

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

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.