Saint-Victor-de-Morestel

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Saint-Victor-de-Morestel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ viktɔʁ də mɔʁɛstɛl], literally Saint-Victor of Morestel) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Saint-Victor-de-Morestel
Commune
Saint-Victor-de-Morestel in 1905
Location of Saint-Victor-de-Morestel
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Coordinates: 45°41′50″N 5°30′14″E / 45.6972°N 5.5039°E / 45.6972; 5.5039
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Morestel
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédérique Luzet^[1]
Area ¹	13.13 km² (5.07 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[2]	1,168
• Density	88.96/km² (230.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38465 /38510
Elevation	205–272 m (673–892 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Demographics

Between 1975 and 2007, the population more than doubled.^[4]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	585	—
1821	724	+0.76%
1846	934	+1.02%
1872	963	+0.12%
1901	741	−0.90%
1926	611	−0.77%
1946	570	−0.35%
1962	541	−0.33%
1968	515	−0.82%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	525	+0.28%
1982	637	+2.80%
1990	768	+2.37%
1999	849	+1.12%
2007	1,098	+3.27%
2012	1,105	+0.13%
2017	1,092	−0.24%
2023	1,168	+1.13%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2023)^[4]

History

Until 1789 the commune was a parish of Morestel.^[6]

Points of Interest

Haut-Rhône National Nature Reserve

Notable people

Émile_Trolliet (1856-1903), poet.

See also

Communes of the Isère department

References

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↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ INSEE commune file
1 2 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Victor-de-Morestel, EHESS (in French).
↑ "Présentation - Saint-Victor-de-Morestel". Commune de Saint-Victor-de-Morestel. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

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