Rives, Isère

Rives
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Rives
Rives Location within France Rives Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°21′06″N 5°30′11″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Tullins
Intercommunality	CA Pays Voironnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Stevant
Area 1	10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	6,670
• Density	610/km2 (1,580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38337 /38140
Elevation	314–469 m (1,030–1,539 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rives (French pronunciation: [ʁiv]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,429	—
1800	1,530	+0.98%
1806	1,715	+1.92%
1821	2,050	+1.20%
1831	2,014	−0.18%
1836	2,226	+2.02%
1841	2,270	+0.39%
1846	2,413	+1.23%
1851	2,339	−0.62%
1856	2,334	−0.04%
1861	2,506	+1.43%
1866	2,507	+0.01%
1872	2,543	+0.24%
1876	2,541	−0.02%
1881	2,975	+3.20%
1886	2,983	+0.05%
1891	3,083	+0.66%
1896	3,032	−0.33%
1901	3,110	+0.51%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	3,178	+0.43%
1911	3,156	−0.14%
1921	3,033	−0.40%
1926	3,280	+1.58%
1931	3,139	−0.87%
1936	2,837	−2.00%
1946	2,842	+0.02%
1954	3,139	+1.25%
1962	3,902	+2.76%
1968	4,589	+2.74%
1975	5,007	+1.25%
1982	5,115	+0.31%
1990	5,403	+0.69%
1999	5,620	+0.44%
2007	5,794	+0.38%
2012	6,045	+0.85%
2017	6,476	+1.39%
2023	6,549	+0.19%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Access

By road: By motorway (A48) or the Départemental Road, the D1085, between Lyon and Grenoble

By train: The TER Lyon Perrache/Saint André le Gaz/Grenoble line. Rives station is a terminus for some TER suburban trains of the Grenoble Metro

By plane: Saint Étienne de Saint Geoirs' airport (code GNB) is 15 kilometres away from Rives (20 minutes by car.)

Transport

Pays Voironnais network

• The bus line n°10 goes from the railstation to the down-town (route de la Liampre)
• The bus line J stops at Rives
• Some buses of the line M stops at Rives

Transisère network

• The bus line 7300 (Beaurepaire-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".
• Some buses of the line 2900 (Vienne-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".

The church of Rives

Personalities

• Napoleon Bonaparte spent a night in Rives, on his return from Elba, in a building that is now a bank. A plaque commemorates the visit.
• Luc Court, motor-car builder was born here in 1862.
• Jérémy Clément, footballer of Paris Saint-Germain was originally from Rives.
• Raphaël Poirée, biathlete was born here.

International relations

• Forlì del Sannio, Italy
• Refojos de Basto, Portugal

See also

• Communes of the Isère department