Saint-Laurent-du-Pont

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Laurent-du-Pont

(2020–2026) Jean-Claude Sarter^[1]Area

35.20 km² (13.59 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,488 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38412 /38380

Elevation379–1,735 m (1,243–5,692 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ dy pɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] In 1970 it was the location of the Club Cinq-Sept fire, in which 146 people died.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,159	—
1821	2,844	+0.99%
1846	1,886	−1.63%
1872	1,808	−0.16%
1901	2,842	+1.57%
1926	2,749	−0.13%
1946	2,825	+0.14%
1962	3,305	+0.99%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,761	+2.18%
1975	3,709	−0.20%
1982	4,125	+1.53%
1990	4,061	−0.20%
1999	4,222	+0.43%
2007	4,519	+0.85%
2012	4,526	+0.03%
2017	4,531	+0.02%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Economy

There is a large cement works at Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, unusually inside a national park.

Twin towns — sister cities

Saint-Laurent-du-Pont is twinned with:

Herdorf, Germany (1984)
Berbenno, Italy (1985)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE