Froges

Froges
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Froges
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Coordinates: 45°16′27″N 5°55′33″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Haut-Grésivaudan
Intercommunality	CC Le Grésivaudan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Salvetti[1]
Area ^1	6.43 km^2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,345
• Density	520/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38175 /38190
Elevation	219–965 m (719–3,166 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Froges (French pronunciation: [fʁɔʒ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 477 —     1800 450 −0.83% 1806 532 +2.83% 1821 517 −0.19% 1831 581 +1.17% 1836 571 −0.35% 1841 527 −1.59% 1846 546 +0.71% 1851 537 −0.33% 1856 538 +0.04% 1861 503 −1.34% 1866 466 −1.52% 1872 503 +1.28% 1876 521 +0.88% 1881 553 +1.20% 1886 577 +0.85% 1891 569 −0.28% 1896 515 −1.97%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 506 −0.35% 1906 502 −0.16% 1911 526 +0.94% 1921 907 +5.60% 1926 1,753 +14.09% 1931 2,376 +6.27% 1936 1,508 −8.69% 1946 1,481 −0.18% 1954 1,721 +1.90% 1962 2,279 +3.57% 1968 2,631 +2.42% 1975 2,303 −1.88% 1982 2,191 −0.71% 1990 2,330 +0.77% 1999 3,092 +3.19% 2007 3,486 +1.51% 2012 3,393 −0.54% 2017 3,331 −0.37%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

International relations

Froges is twinned with:^[6][7]

• Acquaviva, San Marino (1984)

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Froges, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. "Jumelage Froges - Acquaviva" (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
7. "San Marino, si rinnova il gemellaggio tra Acquaviva e Froges - San Marino Fixing" (in Italian). 17 October 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

External links

• Media related to Froges at Wikimedia Commons