Saint-Victor-de-Morestel

Saint-Victor-de-Morestel
Commune
Saint-Victor-de-Morestel in 1905 Saint-Victor-de-Morestel in 1905
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Morestel
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédérique Luzet
Area1	13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	38465 / 38510
Elevation	205–272 m (673–892 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 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.

Saint-Victor-de-Morestel (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ viktɔʁ də mɔʁɛstɛl], literally Saint-Victor of Morestel) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Demographics

Between 1975 and 2007, the population more than doubled. On 1 January 2017, there were 1,092 inhabitants living on a total area of thirteen square kilometers with a population density of 83 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 585 —     1800 615 +0.72% 1806 601 −0.38% 1821 724 +1.25% 1831 830 +1.38% 1836 822 −0.19% 1841 886 +1.51% 1846 934 +1.06% 1851 943 +0.19% 1856 953 +0.21% 1861 982 +0.60% 1866 976 −0.12% 1872 963 −0.22% 1876 927 −0.95% 1881 870 −1.26% 1886 840 −0.70% 1891 833 −0.17% 1896 831 −0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 741 −2.27% 1906 733 −0.22% 1911 663 −1.99% 1921 633 −0.46% 1926 611 −0.70% 1931 561 −1.69% 1936 543 −0.65% 1946 570 +0.49% 1954 552 −0.40% 1962 541 −0.25% 1968 515 −0.82% 1975 525 +0.28% 1982 637 +2.80% 1990 768 +2.37% 1999 849 +1.12% 2007 1,098 +3.27% 2012 1,105 +0.13% 2017 1,092 −0.24%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

History

Until 1789 the commune was a parish of Morestel.

Points of Interest

• Haut-Rhône National Nature Reserve

Notable people

• Émile Trolliet (1856–1903), poet.

See also

• Communes of the Isère department