Saint-Bernard, Isère

Saint-Bernard
Part of Plateau-des-Petites-Roches
The church of Saint-Bernard
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Bernard
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Coordinates: 45°19′48″N 5°54′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Moyen Grésivaudan
Commune	Plateau-des-Petites-Roches
Area ^1	21.6 km^2 (8.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	684
• Density	32/km^2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38660
Elevation	593–2,047 m (1,946–6,716 ft) (avg. 890 m or 2,920 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Bernard (pronunciation^ⓘ), also known as Saint-Bernard-du-Touvet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bɛʁnaʁ dy tuvɛ]),[2] is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2021, it had a population of 684.

On 1 January 2019, Saint-Bernard was merged into the new commune of Plateau-des-Petites-Roches alongside Saint-Hilaire and Saint-Pancrasse.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 281 —     1806 321 +14.2% 1821 333 +3.7% 1831 378 +13.5% 1841 428 +13.2% 1851 544 +27.1% 1861 530 −2.6% 1872 509 −4.0% 1881 453 −11.0% 1891 415 −8.4% 1901 360 −13.3% 1911 270 −25.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 238 −11.9% 1931 192 −19.3% 1946 168 −12.5% 1954 111 −33.9% 1962 93 −16.2% 1968 92 −1.1% 1975 137 +48.9% 1982 233 +70.1% 1990 359 +54.1% 1999 468 +30.4% 2006 584 +24.8% 2011 632 +8.2%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
2. (in French) "Les trois communes des Petites-Roches fusionnent et donnent naissance au « Plateau des Petites-Roches »", www.ledauphine.com, 18 October 2018.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 18 December 2018 (in French).