Optevoz

Optevoz
Optevoz
Commune
	The church of Optevoz
	Location of Optevoz
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	Coordinates: 45°45′10″N 5°19′56″E / 45.7528°N 5.3322°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Morestel
Intercommunality	Les Balcons du Dauphiné
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joseph Quiles
Area 1	12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population (2023)	875
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38282 /38460
Elevation	280–415 m (919–1,362 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Optevoz (French pronunciation: [ɔptəvo]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Toponymy

As with many polysyllabic Arpitan toponyms or anthroponyms, the final -x marks oxytonic stress (on the last syllable), whereas the final -z indicates paroxytonic stress (on the penultimate syllable) and should not be pronounced, although in French it is often mispronounced due to hypercorrection.

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ INSEE commune file
↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE