Villefontaine

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Villefontaine
Commune
The church of Villefontaine
Location of Villefontaine
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Coordinates: 45°36′51″N 5°08′58″E / 45.6142°N 5.1494°E / 45.6142; 5.1494
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	L'Isle-d'Abeau
Intercommunality	CA Porte de l'Isère
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Nicole-Williams[1]
Area 1	11.63 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	19,083
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Demonym	Villard (masculine) Villarde (feminine)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38553 /38090
Elevation	208–352 m (682–1,155 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villefontaine (French pronunciation: [vilfɔ̃tɛn]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

The Bourbre flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 345 —     1800 264 −3.75% 1806 322 +3.37% 1821 509 +3.10% 1831 503 −0.12% 1836 521 +0.71% 1841 519 −0.08% 1846 505 −0.55% 1851 541 +1.39% 1856 504 −1.41% 1861 462 −1.73% 1866 459 −0.13% 1872 451 −0.29% 1876 418 −1.88% 1881 409 −0.43% 1886 414 +0.24% 1891 408 −0.29% 1896 412 +0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 414 +0.10% 1906 392 −1.09% 1911 345 −2.52% 1921 432 +2.27% 1926 450 +0.82% 1931 509 +2.49% 1936 455 −2.22% 1946 395 −1.40% 1954 398 +0.09% 1962 467 +2.02% 1968 452 −0.54% 1975 1,694 +20.77% 1982 9,719 +28.35% 1990 16,171 +6.57% 1999 17,766 +1.05% 2007 18,721 +0.66% 2012 18,009 −0.77% 2017 18,763 +0.82%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Villefontaine is twinned with:^[6]

• Kahl am Main, Germany (1990)
• Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany (1994)
• Gremda, Tunisia (1994)
• Salzano, Italy (2009)

• Communes of the Isère department

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