Froges

Froges
Coat of arms
Froges
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Froges
Coordinates: 45°16′27″N 5°55′33″E / 45.2742°N 5.9258°ECoordinates: 45°16′27″N 5°55′33″E / 45.2742°N 5.9258°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Goncelin
Intercommunality	Moyen Grésivaudan
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Claude Malia
Area^1	6.43 km^2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	3,423
• Density	530/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	38175 / 38190
Elevation	219–965 m (719–3,166 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	477	—
1806	532	+11.5%
1821	517	−2.8%
1831	581	+12.4%
1841	527	−9.3%
1851	537	+1.9%
1861	503	−6.3%
1872	503	+0.0%
1881	553	+9.9%
1891	569	+2.9%
1901	506	−11.1%
1911	526	+4.0%
1921	907	+72.4%
1931	2,376	+162.0%
1946	1,481	−37.7%
1954	1,721	+16.2%
1962	2,279	+32.4%
1968	2,631	+15.4%
1975	2,303	−12.5%
1982	2,191	−4.9%
1990	2,330	+6.3%
1999	3,092	+32.7%
2009	3,458	+11.8%
2011	3,423	−1.0%

Twin towns

Froges is twinned with:

• Acquaviva, San Marino, since 1984

See also

• Urban unit of Grenoble
• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics