Villefontaine

Villefontaine
Commune
The church of Villefontaine
Location of Villefontaine
Villefontaine Villefontaine
Coordinates: 45°36′51″N 5°08′58″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	L'Isle-d'Abeau
Intercommunality	CA Porte de l'Isère
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Nicole-Williams
Area 1	11.63 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	18,835
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38553 /38090
Elevation	208–352 m (682–1,155 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villefontaine (French pronunciation: ​[vilfɔ̃tɛn]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Geography

The Bourbre flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 345 —     1806 322 −6.7% 1821 509 +58.1% 1831 503 −1.2% 1841 519 +3.2% 1851 541 +4.2% 1861 462 −14.6% 1872 451 −2.4% 1881 409 −9.3% 1891 408 −0.2% 1901 414 +1.5% 1911 345 −16.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 432 +25.2% 1931 509 +17.8% 1946 395 −22.4% 1954 398 +0.8% 1962 467 +17.3% 1968 452 −3.2% 1975 1,694 +274.8% 1982 9,719 +473.7% 1990 16,171 +66.4% 1999 17,766 +9.9% 2006 18,407 +3.6% 2012 18,009 −2.2%

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Villefontaine is twinned with:

• Kahl am Main, Germany (1990)
• Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany (1994)
• Gremda, Tunisia (1994)
• Salzano, Italy (2009)

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

External links

• Official website