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 (2014–2020)	Raymond Feyssaguet (DVD)
Area 1	11.63 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)	18,763
• 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 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%
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

Villefontaine is twinned with:

• Kahl am Main, Germany, since 1980
• Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany, since 1994
• Gremda, Tunisia, since 1994
• Salzano, Italy, since 2009

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official site