The urban unit of Grenoble (French: unité urbaine de Grenoble) is a French urban unit centred on the city of Grenoble. An urban unit is a contiguously built-up area with at least 2,000 inhabitants, according to the definition by the French statistics institute INSEE.[1] In the current zoning, revised in 2020, it consists of 38 communes.[2] It covers 358.1 km2 and has 451,096 inhabitants (2018), population density 1260 /km2.[3] The urban unit largely overlaps with, but should not be confused with, the administrative entity Grenoble-Alpes Métropole.
INSEE code
City
Area (km²)
Population (2018)[4]
38045
Biviers
6.17
2,359
38057
Bresson
2.78
677
38070
Le Champ-près-Froges
4.83
1,186
38071
Champ-sur-Drac
8.92
3,090
38111
Claix
24.12
7,921
38126
Corenc
6.50
4,053
38150
Domène
5.29
6,701
38151
Échirolles
7.86
36,961
38158
Eybens
4.50
9,947
38169
Fontaine
6.74
22,906
38170
Fontanil-Cornillon
5.50
2,940
38175
Froges
6.43
3,361
38179
Gières
6.93
6,956
38185
Grenoble
18.13
157,650
38200
Jarrie
13.26
3,763
38229
Meylan
12.32
17,448
38249
Montbonnot-Saint-Martin
6.38
5,306
38271
Murianette
6.07
872
38281
Noyarey
16.86
2,216
38303
La Pierre
3.31
570
38309
Poisat
2.56
2,147
38317
Le Pont-de-Claix
5.60
10,605
38382
Saint-Égrève
10.88
15,801
38397
Saint-Ismier
14.90
7,026
38421
Saint-Martin-d'Hères
9.26
38,398
38423
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux
10.06
5,799
38431
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes
8.50
2,949
38474
Sassenage
13.31
11,277
38485
Seyssinet-Pariset
10.65
12,017
38486
Seyssins
8.00
7,783
38501
Tencin
6.8
2,112
38516
La Tronche
6.42
6,588
38524
Varces-Allières-et-Risset
20.88
8,272
38533
Venon
4.34
723
38538
Le Versoud
6.35
4,876
38540
Veurey-Voroize
12.21
1,436
38547
Villard-Bonnot
5.84
7,175
38565
Voreppe
28.65
9,229
Total
358.1
451,096
^Definitions: Urban unit, INSEE
^Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
^Comparateur de territoire. Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
^Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE
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