Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage

Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage
Commune
A general view of Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage
Location of Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage
Coordinates: 45°03′14″N 5°45′51″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Oisans-Romanche
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Masnada
Area ^1	7.03 km^2 (2.71 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	764
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38445 /38220
Elevation	289–1,342 m (948–4,403 ft) (avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage is located next to the mountain of Connex and between the Vercors and Taillefer. Near Vizille and Grenoble.

In 1946 an accident along the Rampe de Laffrey killed 18 near here.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	441	—
1806	486	+10.2%
1821	513	+5.6%
1831	593	+15.6%
1851	648	+9.3%
1851	677	+4.5%
1861	671	−0.9%
1872	771	+14.9%
1881	821	+6.5%
1891	702	−14.5%
1901	700	−0.3%
1911	575	−17.9%
1921	433	−24.7%
1931	473	+9.2%
1946	423	−10.6%
1954	462	+9.2%
1962	442	−4.3%
1968	510	+15.4%
1975	508	−0.4%
1982	584	+15.0%
1990	600	+2.7%
1999	674	+12.3%
2006	704	+4.5%
2011	727	+3.3%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

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