Le Cheylas

Le Cheylas
Commune
The D523 road in Le Cheylas
Location of Le Cheylas
Le Cheylas Le Cheylas
Coordinates: 45°22′20″N 5°59′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Haut-Grésivaudan
Intercommunality	CC Le Grésivaudan
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Roger Cohard
Area 1	8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,424
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38100 /38570
Elevation	240–1,202 m (787–3,944 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Cheylas is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	451	—
1800	577	+27.9%
1821	718	+24.4%
1831	650	−9.5%
1841	805	+23.8%
1851	796	−1.1%
1861	793	−0.4%
1872	772	−2.6%
1881	823	+6.6%
1891	716	−13.0%
1901	613	−14.4%
1911	525	−14.4%
1921	546	+4.0%
1931	720	+31.9%
1946	792	+10.0%
1954	838	+5.8%
1962	941	+12.3%
1968	1,110	+18.0%
1975	1,173	+5.7%
1982	1,311	+11.8%
1990	1,567	+19.5%
1999	2,118	+35.2%
2011	2,680	+26.5%

Twin towns — sister cities

Le Cheylas is twinned with:

• Pavarolo, Italy (1995)

See also

• Communes of the Isère department