La Ferrière, Isère

La Ferrière
Part of Le Haut-Bréda
A general view of La Ferrière
Location of La Ferrière
La Ferrière La Ferrière
Coordinates: 45°19′14″N 6°05′16″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Haut-Grésivaudan
Commune	Le Haut-Bréda
Area 1	54 km2 (21 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	228
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38580
Elevation	812–2,928 m (2,664–9,606 ft) (avg. 910 m or 2,990 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Ferrière (French pronunciation: [la fɛʁjɛʁ] ) is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Haut-Bréda. It is one of the communes of the Les sept Laux winter sports resort.

Geography

The village is crossed by a little river, the Bréda. It is located near the border with Savoy.

Population

Inhabitants are called Biassus.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,084 —     1806 1,096 +1.1% 1821 1,220 +11.3% 1831 1,201 −1.6% 1841 1,125 −6.3% 1851 1,169 +3.9% 1861 1,005 −14.0% 1872 917 −8.8% 1881 883 −3.7% 1891 789 −10.6% 1901 724 −8.2% 1911 652 −9.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 571 −12.4% 1931 513 −10.2% 1946 486 −5.3% 1954 375 −22.8% 1962 252 −32.8% 1968 245 −2.8% 1975 189 −22.9% 1982 204 +7.9% 1990 191 −6.4% 1999 214 +12.0% 2009 226 +5.6% 2011 231 +2.2%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department