Laval, Isère

Laval
Tower of Montfallet
Coat of arms
Laval
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Laval
Coordinates: 45°15′14″N 5°56′00″E / 45.2539°N 5.9333°ECoordinates: 45°15′14″N 5°56′00″E / 45.2539°N 5.9333°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Domène
Intercommunality	Balcon de Belledonne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Sébastien Eyraud
Area^1	25.33 km^2 (9.78 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	970
• Density	38/km^2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	38206 / 38190
Elevation	320–2,600 m (1,050–8,530 ft) (avg. 630 m or 2,070 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,000	—
1806	979	−2.1%
1821	1,226	+25.2%
1831	1,154	−5.9%
1841	1,100	−4.7%
1851	1,096	−0.4%
1861	1,045	−4.7%
1872	974	−6.8%
1881	909	−6.7%
1891	812	−10.7%
1901	759	−6.5%
1911	791	+4.2%
1921	717	−9.4%
1931	660	−7.9%
1946	462	−30.0%
1954	481	+4.1%
1962	467	−2.9%
1968	448	−4.1%
1975	450	+0.4%
1982	422	−6.2%
1990	525	+24.4%
1999	805	+53.3%
2008	950	+18.0%
2011	970	+2.1%

History

The Laval town hall and schools in 1908

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics