La Mure

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Mure

(2020–2026) Éric Bonnier^[1]Area

8 km² (3 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,917 • Density610/km² (1,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38269 /38350

Elevation720–1,204 m (2,362–3,950 ft)
(avg. 886 m or 2,907 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Mure (French pronunciation: [la myʁ]) is a commune in the Isère département in southeastern France.^[3] It is located 35 km (22 mi) south of Grenoble on the plateau Matheysin.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,147	—
1800	1,686	−3.39%
1806	1,818	+1.26%
1821	1,933	+0.41%
1831	2,785	+3.72%
1836	3,097	+2.15%
1841	3,106	+0.06%
1846	3,439	+2.06%
1851	3,648	+1.19%
1856	3,319	−1.87%
1861	3,628	+1.80%
1866	3,565	−0.35%
1872	3,577	+0.06%
1876	3,560	−0.12%
1881	3,526	−0.19%
1886	3,574	+0.27%
1891	3,401	−0.99%
1896	3,384	−0.10%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,377	−0.04%
1906	3,466	+0.52%
1911	3,595	+0.73%
1921	3,711	+0.32%
1926	3,906	+1.03%
1931	4,423	+2.52%
1936	4,420	−0.01%
1946	4,922	+1.08%
1954	5,595	+1.61%
1962	6,111	+1.11%
1968	6,196	+0.23%
1975	5,522	−1.63%
1982	5,657	+0.35%
1990	5,480	−0.40%
1999	5,190	−0.60%
2007	5,076	−0.28%
2012	5,028	−0.19%
2017	4,948	−0.32%

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

Sights

The Chemin de fer de la Mure is a small touristic train using a railway initially built for the transportation of coal between Saint-Georges-de-Commiers and La Mure. The line was inaugurated on 24 July 1888.
The Arboretum de Combe Noire is a nearby arboretum created by teachers and staff

Personalities

Saint Pierre-Julien Eymard, Roman Catholic priest founder of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and canonized in 1962, was born in la Mure on 4 February 1811.

Neighbouring communes

Prunières
Sousville
Susville
Ponsonnas
Pierre-Châtel
Saint-Honoré

International relations

La Mure is twinned with Marktredwitz, Germany.

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 La Mure, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE