Saint-Hilaire, Isère

Saint-Hilaire
Funicular railroad
Coat of arms
Saint-Hilaire
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Saint-Hilaire
Coordinates: 45°18′37″N 5°53′16″E / 45.3103°N 05.8878°ECoordinates: 45°18′37″N 5°53′16″E / 45.3103°N 05.8878°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Touvet
Intercommunality	Plateau des petites roches
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Bernard Allan
Area^1	9 km^2 (3 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	1,532
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38395 / 38660
Elevation	647–2,060 m (2,123–6,759 ft) (avg. 1,000 m or 3,300 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-Hilaire (also known as Saint-Hilaire du Touvet) is a commune in the Isère department in south-astern France.

It is made up of the three smaller settlements of Saint-Hilaire, Les Margains and Les Gaudes, and its inhabitants are called the Saint-Hilairois (Saint-Hilairoises).^[1]

The commune is situated on the Plateau des Petites Roches, a natural balcony above the valley of the Isère River, on the east side of the Massif de la Chartreuse and overlooked by the peak of the Dent de Crolles.^[1]

Saint-Hilaire is linked to Montfort, situated on the road between Grenoble and Chambéry in the valley below, by the Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet. Until this was opened in 1924, the village was accessible only on foot, or by mule. The funicular was constructed principally to serve several sanatoriums built at the same time to house tuberculosis patients.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 1793 518 —     1806 397 −23.4% 1821 404 +1.8% 1831 451 +11.6% 1841 467 +3.5% 1851 421 −9.9% 1861 390 −7.4% 1872 403 +3.3% 1881 395 −2.0% 1891 363 −8.1% 1901 271 −25.3% 1911 241 −11.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 219 −9.1% 1931 618 +182.2% 1946 2,188 +254.0% 1954 2,300 +5.1% 1962 1,307 −43.2% 1968 987 −24.5% 1975 1,131 +14.6% 1982 1,298 +14.8% 1990 1,423 +9.6% 1999 1,248 −12.3% 2006 1,691 +35.5% 2011 1,532 −9.4%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. Based on a translation of the article from the French Wikipedia.
2. "Funiculaire Saint Hilaire du Touvet - History". Funimag. Retrieved February 15, 2007.