La Tour-du-Pin

This article is about the French commune. For the French nobleman and politician (1727–1794), see Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet.

La Tour-du-Pin La Tor-du-Pin  (Arpitan)
Subprefecture and commune
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in La Tour-du-Pin Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in La Tour-du-Pin
Coat of arms of La Tour-du-Pin Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	La Tour-du-Pin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Rajon
Area1	4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	38509 / 38110
Elevation	309–461 m (1,014–1,512 ft) (avg. 339 m or 1,112 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.

La Tour-du-Pin (French pronunciation: [la tuʁ dy pɛ̃]; Arpitan: La Tor-du-Pin) is a subprefecture of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 8,137.

Geography

The Bourbre flows west through the southern part of the commune and crosses the town. The town's lowest point is at 309 m (1,014 ft) and the highest at 461 m (1,512 ft).

• Chateau-tournin-isere.jpg

  Château de Tournin

• Gare de la Tour du Pin (38).JPG

  La Tour-du-Pin station

• Halles de La Tour-du-Pin.jpg

  Halles

• Vue de la Tour-du-Pin depuis l'église.jpg

  General view

• Sous-Préfecture de la Tour-du-Pin.jpg

  Subprefecture building

Population and society

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,098 —     1800 1,139 −13.32% 1806 1,540 +5.16% 1821 1,971 +1.66% 1831 2,334 +1.70% 1836 2,484 +1.25% 1841 2,456 −0.23% 1846 2,665 +1.65% 1851 2,572 −0.71% 1856 2,572 +0.00% 1861 2,699 +0.97% 1866 2,809 +0.80% 1872 2,857 +0.28% 1876 3,165 +2.59% 1881 3,571 +2.44% 1886 3,636 +0.36% 1891 3,520 −0.65% 1896 3,704 +1.02%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,803 +0.53% 1906 3,985 +0.94% 1911 4,032 +0.23% 1921 3,959 −0.18% 1926 4,451 +2.37% 1931 4,465 +0.06% 1936 4,151 −1.45% 1946 4,117 −0.08% 1954 4,459 +1.00% 1962 4,694 +0.64% 1968 5,649 +3.13% 1975 6,641 +2.34% 1982 6,913 +0.58% 1990 6,770 −0.26% 1999 6,553 −0.36% 2007 7,541 +1.77% 2012 7,927 +1.00% 2017 8,080 +0.38%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Education

There are three public nursery and elementary schools (École Jean Rostand, École Albert Thevenon, and École Louis Pasteur) and one private nursery and primary school, the École St Joseph. There are also two public middle schools: the Collège Les Dauphins and the Collège Le Calloud, and one private middle school, the Collège St Bruno, there is one public high school too, the Lycée Élie Cartan, and one technical high school for learning of the horticulture.

Sport

There is a football club (FCTC), a rugby club (RCVT) and a basket-ball club (BVT).

See also

• Communes of the Isère department