Rives, Isère

Rives
Rives
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Rives
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Rives
Intercommunality	Pays Voironnais
Mayor	Alain Dezempte
Statistics
Elevation	314–469 m (1,030–1,539 ft)
Land area1	10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population2	5,620  (1999)
- Density	514 /km2 (1,330 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38337/ 38140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rives is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.

Access

By road: By motorway (A48) or the Départemental Road, the D1085, between Lyon and Grenoble

By train: The TER Lyon Perrache/Saint André le Gaz/Grenoble line. Rives station is a terminus for some TER suburban trains of the Grenoble Metro

By plane: Saint Étienne de Saint Geoirs' airport (code GNB) is 15 kilometres away from Rives (20 minutes by car.)

Transport

Pays Voironnais network

• The bus line n°10 goes from the railstation to the down-town (route de la Liampre)
• The bus line J stops at Rives
• Some buses of the line M stops at Rives

Transisère network

• The bus line 7300 (Beaurepaire-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".
• Some buses of the line 2900 (Vienne-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
3902	4589	5007	5115	5403	5620
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

The church of Rives.

Notable people

• Napoleon Bonaparte spent a night in Rives, on his return from Elba, in a building that is now a bank. A plaque commemorates the visit.
• Luc Court, motor-car builder was born here in 1862.
• Jérémy Clément, footballer of Paris Saint-Germain was originally from Rives.
• Raphaël Poirée, biathlete was born here.

Twin towns

• Forlì del Sannio, Italy
• Rofojos de Basto, Portugal

See also

• Communes of Isère

External links

(All French language)

• Rives sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
• Rives sur le site de l'Insee
• Rives sur le site du Quid
• Localisation de Rives sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes