Le Cheylas

Le Cheylas
Commune
The D523 road [fr] in Le Cheylas
Location of Le Cheylas
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Coordinates: 45°22′20″N 5°59′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Haut-Grésivaudan
Intercommunality	CC Le Grésivaudan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roger Cohard[1]
Area ^1	8 km^2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,372
• Density	300/km^2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38100 /38570
Elevation	240–1,202 m (787–3,944 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Cheylas (French pronunciation: [lə ʃela]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 451 —     1800 577 +3.58% 1806 588 +0.32% 1821 718 +1.34% 1831 650 −0.99% 1836 810 +4.50% 1841 805 −0.12% 1846 773 −0.81% 1851 796 +0.59% 1856 818 +0.55% 1861 793 −0.62% 1866 803 +0.25% 1872 772 −0.65% 1876 782 +0.32% 1881 823 +1.03% 1886 781 −1.04% 1891 716 −1.72% 1896 675 −1.17%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 613 −1.91% 1906 583 −1.00% 1911 525 −2.07% 1921 546 +0.39% 1926 610 +2.24% 1931 720 +3.37% 1936 749 +0.79% 1946 792 +0.56% 1954 838 +0.71% 1962 941 +1.46% 1968 1,110 +2.79% 1975 1,173 +0.79% 1982 1,311 +1.60% 1990 1,567 +2.25% 1999 2,118 +3.40% 2007 2,655 +2.86% 2012 2,680 +0.19% 2017 2,566 −0.87%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Le Cheylas is twinned with:

• Pavarolo, Italy (1995)

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). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Cheylas, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE