Huez

Huez
Commune
Alpe d'Huez
Coat of arms
Location of Huez
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Coordinates: 45°05′00″N 6°03′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Oisans-Romanche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Noyrey
Area 1	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	1,306
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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

External links

• Official site