Saint-Victor-de-Morestel

Saint-Victor-de-Morestel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ viktɔʁ də mɔʁɛstɛl], literally Saint-Victor of Morestel) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Saint-Victor-de-Morestel
Commune
Saint-Victor-de-Morestel in 1905
Location of Saint-Victor-de-Morestel
Saint-Victor-de-Morestel Show map of France Saint-Victor-de-Morestel Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°41′50″N 5°30′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Morestel
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédérique Luzet[1]
Area 1	13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,116
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38465 /38510
Elevation	205–272 m (673–892 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Demographics

Between 1975 and 2007, the population more than doubled. On 1 January 2017, there were 1,092 inhabitants living on a total area of thirteen square kilometers with a population density of 83 inhabitants per square kilometer.^[4]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 585 —     1800 615 +0.72% 1806 601 −0.38% 1821 724 +1.25% 1831 830 +1.38% 1836 822 −0.19% 1841 886 +1.51% 1846 934 +1.06% 1851 943 +0.19% 1856 953 +0.21% 1861 982 +0.60% 1866 976 −0.12% 1872 963 −0.22% 1876 927 −0.95% 1881 870 −1.26% 1886 840 −0.70% 1891 833 −0.17% 1896 831 −0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 741 −2.27% 1906 733 −0.22% 1911 663 −1.99% 1921 633 −0.46% 1926 611 −0.70% 1931 561 −1.69% 1936 543 −0.65% 1946 570 +0.49% 1954 552 −0.40% 1962 541 −0.25% 1968 515 −0.82% 1975 525 +0.28% 1982 637 +2.80% 1990 768 +2.37% 1999 849 +1.12% 2007 1,098 +3.27% 2012 1,105 +0.13% 2017 1,092 −0.24%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

History

Until 1789 the commune was a parish of Morestel.^[6]

Points of Interest

• Haut-Rhône National Nature Reserve

Notable people

• Émile_Trolliet (1856-1903), poet.

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Victor-de-Morestel, EHESS (in French).
6. "Présentation - Saint-Victor-de-Morestel". Commune de Saint-Victor-de-Morestel. Retrieved 15 October 2017.