Rives (French pronunciation: [ʁiv]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,429 —     1800 1,530 +0.98% 1806 1,715 +1.92% 1821 2,050 +1.20% 1831 2,014 −0.18% 1836 2,226 +2.02% 1841 2,270 +0.39% 1846 2,413 +1.23% 1851 2,339 −0.62% 1856 2,334 −0.04% 1861 2,506 +1.43% 1866 2,507 +0.01% 1872 2,543 +0.24% 1876 2,541 −0.02% 1881 2,975 +3.20% 1886 2,983 +0.05% 1891 3,083 +0.66% 1896 3,032 −0.33%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,110 +0.51% 1906 3,178 +0.43% 1911 3,156 −0.14% 1921 3,033 −0.40% 1926 3,280 +1.58% 1931 3,139 −0.87% 1936 2,837 −2.00% 1946 2,842 +0.02% 1954 3,139 +1.25% 1962 3,902 +2.76% 1968 4,589 +2.74% 1975 5,007 +1.25% 1982 5,115 +0.31% 1990 5,403 +0.69% 1999 5,620 +0.44% 2007 5,794 +0.38% 2012 6,045 +0.85% 2017 6,476 +1.39%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Access

By road: By motorway (A48) or the Départemental Road, the D1085, between Lyon and Grenoble By train: The TER Lyon Perrache/Saint André le Gaz/Grenoble line. Rives station is a terminus for some TER suburban trains of the Grenoble Metro By plane: Saint Étienne de Saint Geoirs' airport (code GNB) is 15 kilometres away from Rives (20 minutes by car.)

Transport

Pays Voironnais network

• The bus line n°10 goes from the railstation to the down-town (route de la Liampre)
• The bus line J stops at Rives
• Some buses of the line M stops at Rives

Transisère network

• The bus line 7300 (Beaurepaire-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".
• Some buses of the line 2900 (Vienne-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".

Personalities

• Napoleon Bonaparte spent a night in Rives, on his return from Elba, in a building that is now a bank. A plaque commemorates the visit.
• Luc Court, motor-car builder was born here in 1862.
• Jérémy Clément, footballer of Paris Saint-Germain was originally from Rives.
• Raphaël Poirée, biathlete was born here.

International relations

• Forlì del Sannio, Italy
• Refojos de Basto, Portugal

See also

• Communes of the Isère department