Cessieu

Cessieu
Commune
The village square in 1925
Coat of arms
Location of Cessieu
Cessieu Cessieu
Coordinates: 45°34′03″N 5°22′39″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	La Tour-du-Pin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Brochard
Area 1	14.35 km2 (5.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,244
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38064 /38110
Elevation	278–508 m (912–1,667 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.

Cessieu (French pronunciation: [sɛsjø]) is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.

Geography

The Bourbre flows west through the middle of the commune and crosses the village.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,606 —     1800 1,676 +4.4% 1821 1,828 +9.1% 1831 2,012 +10.1% 1841 2,033 +1.0% 1851 1,858 −8.6% 1861 1,728 −7.0% 1872 1,687 −2.4% 1881 1,566 −7.2% 1891 1,438 −8.2% 1901 1,300 −9.6% 1911 1,206 −7.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,020 −15.4% 1931 1,127 +10.5% 1946 1,167 +3.5% 1954 1,161 −0.5% 1962 1,343 +15.7% 1968 1,609 +19.8% 1975 1,610 +0.1% 1982 1,682 +4.5% 1990 2,025 +20.4% 1999 2,112 +4.3% 2010 2,652 +25.6%

Twin towns

Cessieu is twinned with:

• Civitella Roveto, Italy, since 2004

See also

• Communes of the Isère department