Méaudre

Méaudre
Méaudre
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Méaudre
Coordinates: 45°07′40″N 5°31′40″E / 45.1278°N 5.5278°ECoordinates: 45°07′40″N 5°31′40″E / 45.1278°N 5.5278°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Fontaine-Vercors
Intercommunality	Massif du Vercors
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Buisson
Area^1	33.87 km^2 (13.08 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	1,378
• Density	41/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38225 / 38112
Elevation	940–1,625 m (3,084–5,331 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.

Méaudre is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors.^[1]

It is located in the valley of the Vercors with ski resorts.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	906	—
1806	948	+4.6%
1821	869	−8.3%
1831	1,008	+16.0%
1841	1,063	+5.5%
1851	1,283	+20.7%
1861	1,130	−11.9%
1872	978	−13.5%
1881	980	+0.2%
1891	927	−5.4%
1901	838	−9.6%
1911	784	−6.4%
1921	672	−14.3%
1931	659	−1.9%
1946	606	−8.0%
1954	602	−0.7%
1962	549	−8.8%
1968	572	+4.2%
1975	588	+2.8%
1982	667	+13.4%
1990	840	+25.9%
1999	1,039	+23.7%
2004	1,199	+15.4%
2011	1,378	+14.9%

Twin towns

Méaudre is twinned with:

• Locmaria, France

See also

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

References

• Official site
• INSEE statistics

1. Arrêté préfectoral 20 November 2015