Saint-Marcellin, Isère

Saint-Marcellin
Commune
Railroad viaduct
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Marcellin
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Coordinates: 45°09′14″N 5°19′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Sud Grésivaudan
Intercommunality	Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raphaël Mocellin
Area 1	7.81 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	7,708
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38416 /38160
Elevation	275–300 m (902–984 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Marcellin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsəlɛ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Isère department, in southeastern France, 51 km from Grenoble.

The town is served by a railway station, on the line from Valence to Grenoble.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,013 —     1800 3,047 +0.16% 1806 3,215 +0.90% 1821 2,780 −0.96% 1831 3,191 +1.39% 1836 2,885 −2.00% 1841 3,116 +1.55% 1846 3,408 +1.81% 1851 3,460 +0.30% 1856 3,459 −0.01% 1861 3,295 −0.97% 1866 3,173 −0.75% 1872 3,340 +0.86% 1876 3,307 −0.25% 1881 3,250 −0.35% 1886 3,393 +0.86% 1891 3,392 −0.01% 1896 3,308 −0.50%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,237 −0.43% 1906 3,305 +0.42% 1911 3,348 +0.26% 1921 3,312 −0.11% 1926 3,764 +2.59% 1931 3,995 +1.20% 1936 4,258 +1.28% 1946 4,308 +0.12% 1954 4,486 +0.51% 1962 5,298 +2.10% 1968 6,186 +2.62% 1975 6,779 +1.32% 1982 6,795 +0.03% 1990 6,696 −0.18% 1999 6,955 +0.42% 2007 7,794 +1.43% 2012 8,075 +0.71% 2017 7,903 −0.43%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns

Saint-Marcellin is twinned with:

• Grafing, Germany, since 1994
• Fiesso d'Artico, Italy, since 2007

See also

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