Huez

Huez-en-Oisans
Commune
L'Alpe d'Huez
Coat of arms
Huez-en-Oisans Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Huez-en-Oisans
Coordinates: 45°05′00″N 6°03′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Oisans-Romanche
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Yves Noyrey
Area1	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	1,398
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38191 /38750
Elevation	1,024–3,081 m (3,360–10,108 ft)
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.

Huez (French pronunciation: ​[ɥɛz]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The mountain resort Alpe d'Huez is located in the commune. L'Alpe d'Huez is often an ascent on the Tour de France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	368	—
1806	407	+10.6%
1821	406	−0.2%
1831	465	+14.5%
1841	424	−8.8%
1851	485	+14.4%
1861	450	−7.2%
1872	474	+5.3%
1881	418	−11.8%
1891	402	−3.8%
1901	372	−7.5%
1911	353	−5.1%
1921	330	−6.5%
1931	269	−18.5%
1946	482	+79.2%
1954	331	−31.3%
1962	493	+48.9%
1975	1,410	+186.0%
1982	1,154	−18.2%
1990	1,265	+9.6%
1999	1,671	+32.1%
2006	1,327	−20.6%
2011	1,398	+5.4%

Twin towns

Huez is twinned with:

• Bormio, Italy, since 2005

See also

• Alpe d'Huez
• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official site