Villefontaine
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Villefontaine | |
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 The church of Villefontaine | |
Location of Villefontaine  | |
  Villefontaine  Villefontaine | |
| Coordinates: 45°36′51″N 5°08′58″E / 45.6142°N 5.1494°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin |
| Canton | L'Isle-d'Abeau |
| Intercommunality | CA Porte de l'Isère |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Nicole-Williams[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.63 km2 (4.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 19,083 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Villard (masculine) Villarde (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38553 /38090 |
| Elevation | 208–352 m (682–1,155 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villefontaine (French pronunciation: [vilfɔ̃tɛn]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[3] in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Geography
The Bourbre flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune.
Population
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Twin towns – sister cities
Villefontaine is twinned with:[6]
Kahl am Main, Germany (1990)- Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany (1994)
Gremda, Tunisia (1994)
Salzano, Italy (2009)
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villefontaine, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Jumelages". villefontaine.fr (in French). Villefontaine. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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