Fontanil-Cornillon

Fontanil-Cornillon
Fontanil-Cornillon
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Fontanil-Cornillon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Saint-Égrève
Intercommunality	Grenoble Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Yves Poirier
Area1	5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	2,805
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fontanil-Cornillon is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	443	—
1806	405	−8.6%
1821	508	+25.4%
1831	655	+28.9%
1841	542	−17.3%
1851	588	+8.5%
1861	599	+1.9%
1872	584	−2.5%
1881	533	−8.7%
1891	465	−12.8%
1901	436	−6.2%
1911	345	−20.9%
1921	331	−4.1%
1931	417	+26.0%
1946	420	+0.7%
1954	524	+24.8%
1962	586	+11.8%
1968	1,123	+91.6%
1975	1,454	+29.5%
1982	1,682	+15.7%
1990	2,079	+23.6%
1999	2,454	+18.0%
2010	2,818	+14.8%
2011	2,805	−0.5%

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

• INSEE statistics