Chirens

Chirens
Chirens
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Chirens
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Voiron
Intercommunality	Pays voironnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilbert Dos Dantos
Area1	17.53 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,089
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38105 / 38850
Elevation	441–876 m (1,447–2,874 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chirens is a commune in the Isère département in southeastern France.

Above the hamlet of Clermont stands the Tour de Clermont, the only remains of the former castle of the Counts of Clermont-Tonnerre.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,510	—
1800	1,653	+9.5%
1821	1,939	+17.3%
1831	2,009	+3.6%
1841	2,022	+0.6%
1851	1,826	−9.7%
1861	1,711	−6.3%
1872	1,665	−2.7%
1881	1,550	−6.9%
1891	1,205	−22.3%
1901	1,085	−10.0%
1911	1,078	−0.6%
1921	978	−9.3%
1931	889	−9.1%
1946	823	−7.4%
1965	805	−2.2%
1962	801	−0.5%
1968	764	−4.6%
1975	1,002	+31.2%
1982	1,463	+46.0%
1990	1,806	+23.4%
1999	1,889	+4.6%
2011	2,304	+22.0%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official site