Paladru

Paladru
Part of Villages du Lac de Paladru
Coat of arms
Location of Paladru
Paladru Paladru
Coordinates: 45°28′34″N 5°33′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Le Grand-Lemps
Commune	Villages du Lac de Paladru
Area 1	11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	1,256
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38850
Elevation	488–711 m (1,601–2,333 ft) (avg. 503 m or 1,650 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paladru (French pronunciation: [paladʁy]) is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Villages du Lac de Paladru.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 599 —     1806 827 +38.1% 1821 1,023 +23.7% 1831 1,004 −1.9% 1841 1,034 +3.0% 1851 984 −4.8% 1961 810 −17.7% 1872 908 +12.1% 1881 830 −8.6% 1891 742 −10.6% 1901 662 −10.8% 1911 593 −10.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 483 −18.5% 1931 492 +1.9% 1946 489 −0.6% 1954 451 −7.8% 1962 408 −9.5% 1968 468 +14.7% 1975 503 +7.5% 1982 621 +23.5% 1990 770 +24.0% 1999 863 +12.1% 2006 1,002 +16.1% 2011 1,130 +12.8%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department