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La Tour-du-Pin

La Tour-du-Pin (French pronunciation: [la tuʁ dy pɛ̃] ; Arpitan: La Tor-du-Pin) is a subprefecture of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.

Geography

The Bourbre flows west through the southern part of the commune and crosses the town. The town's lowest point is at 309 m (1,014 ft) and the highest at 461 m (1,512 ft).

Population and society

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,098—    
1800 1,139−13.32%
1806 1,540+5.16%
1821 1,971+1.66%
1831 2,334+1.70%
1836 2,484+1.25%
1841 2,456−0.23%
1846 2,665+1.65%
1851 2,572−0.71%
1856 2,572+0.00%
1861 2,699+0.97%
1866 2,809+0.80%
1872 2,857+0.28%
1876 3,165+2.59%
1881 3,571+2.44%
1886 3,636+0.36%
1891 3,520−0.65%
1896 3,704+1.02%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,803+0.53%
1906 3,985+0.94%
1911 4,032+0.23%
1921 3,959−0.18%
1926 4,451+2.37%
1931 4,465+0.06%
1936 4,151−1.45%
1946 4,117−0.08%
1954 4,459+1.00%
1962 4,694+0.64%
1968 5,649+3.13%
1975 6,641+2.34%
1982 6,913+0.58%
1990 6,770−0.26%
1999 6,553−0.36%
2009 7,793+1.75%
2014 7,934+0.36%
2020 8,148+0.44%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2020)

Education

There are three public nursery and elementary schools (École Jean Rostand, École Albert Thevenon, and École Louis Pasteur) and one private nursery and primary school, the École St Joseph. There are also two public middle schools: the Collège Les Dauphins and the Collège Le Calloud, and one private middle school, the Collège St Bruno, there is one public high school too, the Lycée Élie Cartan, and one technical high school for learning of the horticulture.

Sport

There is a football club (FCTC), a rugby club (RCVT) and a basket-ball club (BVT).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Tour-du-Pin, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE