The urban unit of Grenoble () is a French urban unit centred on the city of Grenoble. An urban unit is a contiguously built-up area with at least 2,000 inhabitants, according to the definition by the French statistics institute INSEE.Definitions: Urban unit, INSEE In the current zoning, revised in 2020, it consists of 38 communes.Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble, INSEE It covers 358.1 km2 and has 451,096 inhabitants (2018), population density 1260 /km2.Comparateur de territoire. Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE The urban unit largely overlaps with, but should not be confused with, the administrative entity Grenoble-Alpes Métropole.
INSEE code City Area(km²) Population(2018)Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE 38045 Biviers 6.17 2,359 38057 Bresson 2.78 677 38070 Le Champ-près-Froges 4.83 1,186 38071 Champ-sur-Drac 8.92 3,090 38111 Claix 24.12 7,921 38126 Corenc 6.50 4,053 38150 Domène 5.29 6,701 38151 Échirolles 7.86 36,961 38158 Eybens 4.50 9,947 38169 Fontaine 6.74 22,906 38170 Fontanil-Cornillon 5.50 2,940 38175 Froges 6.43 3,361 38179 Gières 6.93 6,956 38185 Grenoble 18.13 157,650 38200 Jarrie 13.26 3,763 38229 Meylan 12.32 17,448 38249 Montbonnot-Saint-Martin 6.38 5,306 38271 Murianette 6.07 872 38281 Noyarey 16.86 2,216 38303 La Pierre 3.31 570 38309 Poisat 2.56 2,147 38317 Le Pont-de-Claix 5.60 10,605 38382 Saint-Égrève 10.88 15,801 38397 Saint-Ismier 14.90 7,026 38421 Saint-Martin-d'Hères 9.26 38,398 38423 Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux 10.06 5,799 38431 Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes 8.50 2,949 38474 Sassenage 13.31 11,277 38485 Seyssinet-Pariset 10.65 12,017 38486 Seyssins 8.00 7,783 38501 Tencin 6.8 2,112 38516 La Tronche 6.42 6,588 38524 Varces-Allières-et-Risset 20.88 8,272 38533 Venon 4.34 723 38538 Le Versoud 6.35 4,876 38540 Veurey-Voroize 12.21 1,436 38547 Villard-Bonnot 5.84 7,175 38565 Voreppe 28.65 9,229 Total 358.1 451,096
See also Grenoble metropolitan area
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