Lans-en-Vercors

Lans-en-Vercors
Lans-en-Vercors
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Lans-en-Vercors
Coordinates: 45°07′45″N 5°35′21″E / 45.1292°N 5.5892°ECoordinates: 45°07′45″N 5°35′21″E / 45.1292°N 5.5892°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Villard-de-Lans
Intercommunality	Massif du Vercors
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Michaël Kraemer
Area^1	39 km^2 (15 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	38,250
• Density	980/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38205 / 38250
Elevation	902–1,960 m (2,959–6,430 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.

Lans-en-Vercors is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	980	—
1806	1,060	+8.2%
1821	1,013	−4.4%
1831	1,076	+6.2%
1841	1,180	+9.7%
1851	1,170	−0.8%
1861	1,169	−0.1%
1872	1,102	−5.7%
1881	1,032	−6.4%
1891	978	−5.2%
1901	888	−9.2%
1911	846	−4.7%
1921	726	−14.2%
1931	721	−0.7%
1946	923	+28.0%
1954	867	−6.1%
1962	693	−20.1%
1968	795	+14.7%
1975	859	+8.1%
1982	1,098	+27.8%
1990	1,451	+32.1%
1999	2,026	+39.6%
2009	2,563	+26.5%
2011	2,530	−1.3%

Twin towns

Lans-en-Vercors is twinned with:

• Saint-Donat, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada, since 1990

See also

• Communes of the Isère department
• Parc naturel régional du Vercors

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official site