Froges

Froges
Commune
The road into Froges
Coat of arms
Location of Froges
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Coordinates: 45°16′27″N 5°55′33″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Haut-Grésivaudan
Intercommunality	CC Le Grésivaudan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Salvetti
Area 1	6.43 km2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2020)	3,360
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38175 /38190
Elevation	219–965 m (719–3,166 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Froges (French pronunciation: ​[fʁɔʒ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 477 —     1806 532 +11.5% 1821 517 −2.8% 1831 581 +12.4% 1841 527 −9.3% 1851 537 +1.9% 1861 503 −6.3% 1872 503 +0.0% 1881 553 +9.9% 1891 569 +2.9% 1901 506 −11.1% 1911 526 +4.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 907 +72.4% 1931 2,376 +162.0% 1946 1,481 −37.7% 1954 1,721 +16.2% 1962 2,279 +32.4% 1968 2,631 +15.4% 1975 2,303 −12.5% 1982 2,191 −4.9% 1990 2,330 +6.3% 1999 3,092 +32.7% 2009 3,458 +11.8% 2011 3,423 −1.0%

Twin towns

Froges is twinned with:

• Acquaviva, San Marino, since 1984

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

External links

• Media related to Froges at Wikimedia Commons