Saint-Laurent-du-Pont

Saint-Laurent-du-Pont
Commune
The church of Saint-Bruno
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Laurent-du-Pont
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont Saint-Laurent-du-Pont
Coordinates: 45°23′05″N 5°44′06″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Chartreuse-Guiers
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de Chartreuse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Sarter
Area 1	35.20 km2 (13.59 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	4,502
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38412 /38380
Elevation	379–1,735 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. 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 and INSEE (1968-2017)

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)

See also

• Communes of the Isère department