La Tour-du-Pin

La Tour-du-Pin

*La Tor-du-Pin* (Arpitan)
La Tour-du-Pin La Tor-du-Pin (Arpitan)
Subprefecture and commune
	Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in La Tour-du-Pin
	Coat of arms
	Location of La Tour-du-Pin
	La Tour-du-Pin La Tour-du-Pin
	Coordinates: 45°33′54″N 5°26′40″E / 45.565°N 05.4444°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	La Tour-du-Pin
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Claire Durand
Area 1	4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population (2021)	8,138
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38509 /38110
Elevation	309–461 m (1,014–1,512 ft) ; (avg. 339 m or 1,112 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Tour-du-Pin (French pronunciation: [la tuʁ dy pɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Arpitan: La Tor-du-Pin) is a subprefecture of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.^[3]

Geography

The Bourbre flows west through the southern part of the commune and crosses the town. The town's lowest point is at 309 m (1,014 ft) and the highest at 461 m (1,512 ft).

Château de Tournin
La Tour-du-Pin station
Halles
General view
Subprefecture building

Population and society

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	3,098	—
1800	1,139	−13.32%
1806	1,540	+5.16%
1821	1,971	+1.66%
1831	2,334	+1.70%
1836	2,484	+1.25%
1841	2,456	−0.23%
1846	2,665	+1.65%
1851	2,572	−0.71%
1856	2,572	+0.00%
1861	2,699	+0.97%
1866	2,809	+0.80%
1872	2,857	+0.28%
1876	3,165	+2.59%
1881	3,571	+2.44%
1886	3,636	+0.36%
1891	3,520	−0.65%
1896	3,704	+1.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,803	+0.53%
1906	3,985	+0.94%
1911	4,032	+0.23%
1921	3,959	−0.18%
1926	4,451	+2.37%
1931	4,465	+0.06%
1936	4,151	−1.45%
1946	4,117	−0.08%
1954	4,459	+1.00%
1962	4,694	+0.64%
1968	5,649	+3.13%
1975	6,641	+2.34%
1982	6,913	+0.58%
1990	6,770	−0.26%
1999	6,553	−0.36%
2009	7,793	+1.75%
2014	7,934	+0.36%
2020	8,148	+0.44%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[5]

Education

There are three public nursery and elementary schools (École Jean Rostand, École Albert Thevenon, and École Louis Pasteur) and one private nursery and primary school, the École St Joseph. There are also two public middle schools: the Collège Les Dauphins and the Collège Le Calloud, and one private middle school, the Collège St Bruno, there is one public high school too, the Lycée Élie Cartan, and one technical high school for learning of the horticulture.

Sport

There is a football club (FCTC), a rugby club (RCVT) and a basket-ball club (BVT).

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Tour-du-Pin, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[ehess-4] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Tour-du-Pin, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-5] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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