Dolomieu, Isère

Dolomieu
18th-century chateau
Dolomieu
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Dolomieu
Coordinates: 45°36′39″N 5°29′52″E / 45.6108°N 5.4978°ECoordinates: 45°36′39″N 5°29′52″E / 45.6108°N 5.4978°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	La Tour-du-Pin
Intercommunality	Les Vallons de La Tour du Pin
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	André Bejuit
Area^1	13.3 km^2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	2,990
• Density	220/km^2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	38148 / 38110
^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.

Dolomieu is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,242	—
1806	1,344	+8.2%
1821	1,622	+20.7%
1831	2,006	+23.7%
1841	2,202	+9.8%
1851	2,292	+4.1%
1861	2,240	−2.3%
1872	2,487	+11.0%
1881	2,527	+1.6%
1891	2,400	−5.0%
1901	2,191	−8.7%
1911	2,016	−8.0%
1921	1,785	−11.5%
1931	1,601	−10.3%
1946	1,322	−17.4%
1954	1,307	−1.1%
1962	1,256	−3.9%
1968	1,282	+2.1%
1975	1,348	+5.1%
1982	1,662	+23.3%
1990	2,135	+28.5%
1999	2,369	+11.0%
2007	2,787	+17.6%
2011	2,990	+7.3%

Twin towns

Dolomieu is twinned with:

• Agordo, Italy, since 2005

Personalities

Mathematician Élie Joseph Cartan was born here in 1869. Also geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu was born here in 1750.

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics