Merlas

Merlas
Merlas
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Merlas
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine
Intercommunality	Pays Voironnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean Cailly
Area1	15.64 km2 (6.04 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	496
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38228 / 38620
Elevation	400–925 m (1,312–3,035 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Merlas is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	934	—
1806	1,071	+14.7%
1821	1,011	−5.6%
1831	1,235	+22.2%
1841	1,144	−7.4%
1851	1,128	−1.4%
1861	980	−13.1%
1872	970	−1.0%
1881	921	−5.1%
1891	907	−1.5%
1901	834	−8.0%
1911	709	−15.0%
1921	578	−18.5%
1931	533	−7.8%
1946	500	−6.2%
1954	491	−1.8%
1962	424	−13.6%
1968	373	−12.0%
1975	290	−22.3%
1982	320	+10.3%
1990	381	+19.1%
1999	405	+6.3%
2005	458	+13.1%
2011	496	+8.3%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE statistics