Villefontaine
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Villefontaine
|commune status = Commune
|image = Eglise Villefontaine 3.JPG
|caption = The church of Villefontaine
|image flag size =
|arrondissement = La Tour-du-Pin
|canton = L'Isle-d'Abeau
|INSEE = 38553
|postal code = 38090
|mayor = Patrick Nicole-Williams{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Porte de l'Isère
|coordinates = {{coord|45.6142|5.1494|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 208
|elevation max m = 352
|area km2 = 11.63
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|demonym=Villard (masculine)
Villarde (feminine)}}
Villefontaine ({{IPA|fr|vilfɔ̃tɛn}}) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/38553-villefontaine INSEE commune file] in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Geography
The Bourbre flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune.
Population
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|40184|Villefontaine}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-38553#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |345
|1800 |264
|1806 |322
|1821 |509
|1831 |503
|1836 |521
|1841 |519
|1846 |505
|1851 |541
|1856 |504
|1861 |462
|1866 |459
|1872 |451
|1876 |418
|1881 |409
|1886 |414
|1891 |408
|1896 |412
|1901 |414
|1906 |392
|1911 |345
|1921 |432
|1926 |450
|1931 |509
|1936 |455
|1946 |395
|1954 |398
|1962 |467
|1968 |452
|1975 |1694
|1982 |9719
|1990 |16171
|1999 |17766
|2007 |18721
|2012 |18009
|2017 |18763
}}
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Villefontaine is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Jumelages|url=https://villefontaine.fr/partenariats-jumelages/jumelages/|website=villefontaine.fr|publisher=Villefontaine|language=fr|access-date=2021-04-13}}
- {{flagicon|GER}} Kahl am Main, Germany (1990)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany (1994)
- {{flagicon|TUN}} Gremda, Tunisia (1994)
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Salzano, Italy (2009)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://villefontaine.fr/ Official website]
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{{Isère communes}}
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Category:Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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