Fontaine, Isère
Fontaine | |
|---|---|
A general view of Fontaine | |
|
Coat of arms | |
Location of Fontaine | |
Fontaine Fontaine | |
| Coordinates: 45°11′38″N 5°41′08″E / 45.1939°N 5.6856°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Fontaine-Seyssinet and Fontaine-Vercors |
| Intercommunality | Grenoble-Alpes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Franck Longo[1] |
Area 1 | 6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 22,471 |
| • Density | 3,330/km2 (8,630/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38169 /38600 |
| Elevation | 202–1,007 m (663–3,304 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fontaine (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn] ⓘ; Arpitan: Fontana) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),[3] it is the third-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, and is adjacent to it on the west.
Population
Historical population | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Twin towns — sister cities
Fontaine is twinned with:
- Schmalkalden, Germany (1963)
- Alpignano, Italy (1971)
- Sommatino, Italy (1991)
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fontaine, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fontaine (Isère).
- Official website (in French)