Sassenage

Sassenage
Commune
The commune, seen from the road to Villard-de-Lans
Coat of arms
Location of Sassenage
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Coordinates: 45°12′21″N 5°39′56″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Fontaine-Vercors
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Coigné
Area 1	13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)	11,277
• Density	870/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38474 /38360
Elevation	199–1,649 m (653–5,410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sassenage (French pronunciation: ​[sas(ə)naʒ]; Arpitan: Sassenâjo) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 290 —     1806 1,050 +262.1% 1821 1,216 +15.8% 1831 1,155 −5.0% 1841 1,450 +25.5% 1851 1,514 +4.4% 1861 1,505 −0.6% 1872 1,523 +1.2% 1881 1,632 +7.2% 1891 1,549 −5.1% 1901 1,559 +0.6% 1911 1,275 −18.2% 1921 1,344 +5.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 1,821 +35.5% 1946 1,648 −9.5% 1954 2,439 +48.0% 1962 2,589 +6.2% 1968 4,118 +59.1% 1975 7,021 +70.5% 1982 8,945 +27.4% 1990 9,788 +9.4% 1999 9,735 −0.5% 2006 10,554 +8.4% 2011 11,190 +6.0% 2014 11,736 +4.9%

International relations

Sassenage is twinned with:

• Meßkirch, Germany
• Sasso Marconi, Italy

See also

• Urban unit of Grenoble
• Parc naturel régional du Vercors
• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official site