Claix, Isère

Claix
Commune
A general view of Claix
Coat of arms
Location of Claix
Claix Claix
Coordinates: 45°07′13″N 5°40′21″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Fontaine-Seyssinet
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Revil
Area 1	24.12 km2 (9.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	7,859
• Density	330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38111 /38640
Elevation	226–1,960 m (741–6,430 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Claix (French pronunciation: [klɛ] ; Arpitan: Cllês) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,409 —     1800 1,316 −0.97% 1806 1,371 +0.68% 1821 1,533 +0.75% 1831 1,659 +0.79% 1836 1,711 +0.62% 1841 1,833 +1.39% 1846 1,840 +0.08% 1851 1,942 +1.08% 1856 1,933 −0.09% 1861 2,026 +0.94% 1866 2,102 +0.74% 1872 2,096 −0.05% 1876 1,345 −10.50% 1881 1,269 −1.16% 1886 1,270 +0.02% 1891 1,223 −0.75% 1896 1,250 +0.44%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,189 −1.00% 1906 1,122 −1.15% 1911 1,093 −0.52% 1921 1,151 +0.52% 1926 1,306 +2.56% 1931 1,473 +2.44% 1936 1,373 −1.40% 1946 1,364 −0.07% 1954 1,878 +4.08% 1962 2,391 +3.06% 1968 3,105 +4.45% 1975 3,926 +3.41% 1982 5,382 +4.61% 1990 6,960 +3.27% 1999 7,388 +0.67% 2007 7,585 +0.33% 2012 7,727 +0.37% 2017 7,932 +0.53%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

See also

• Parc naturel régional du Vercors
• Communes of the Isère department