Fontanil-Cornillon

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Fontanil-Cornillon (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tanil kɔʁnijɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).^[3]

Fontanil-Cornillon
Commune
A general view of Le Fontanil
Location of Fontanil-Cornillon
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Coordinates: 45°15′22″N 5°39′57″E / 45.2561°N 5.6658°E / 45.2561; 5.6658
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Grenoble-2
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Dupont-Ferrier^[1]
Area ¹	5.5 km² (2.1 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,405
• Density	620/km² (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38170 /38120
Elevation	196–1,240 m (643–4,068 ft) (avg. 204 m or 669 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	443	—
1800	399	−1.48%
1806	405	+0.25%
1821	508	+1.52%
1831	655	+2.57%
1836	668	+0.39%
1841	652	−0.48%
1846	621	−0.97%
1851	588	−1.09%
1856	612	+0.80%
1861	599	−0.43%
1866	567	−1.09%
1872	584	+0.49%
1876	534	−2.21%
1881	533	−0.04%
1886	502	−1.19%
1891	465	−1.52%
1896	466	+0.04%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	436	−1.32%
1906	366	−3.44%
1911	345	−1.17%
1921	331	−0.41%
1926	381	+2.85%
1931	417	+1.82%
1936	400	−0.83%
1946	420	+0.49%
1954	524	+2.80%
1962	586	+1.41%
1968	1,123	+11.45%
1975	1,454	+3.76%
1982	1,682	+2.10%
1990	2,079	+2.68%
1999	2,454	+1.86%
2007	2,696	+1.18%
2012	2,796	+0.73%
2017	2,710	−0.62%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Twin towns

Fontanil-Cornillon is twinned with:

Ponchatoula, Louisiana, United States, since 1987
Monte Roberto, Italy, since 1992
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada, since 2008

See also

Communes of the Isère department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fontanil-Cornillon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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