The urban unit of Grenoble (French: unité urbaine de Grenoble) is a French urban unit centred on the city of Grenoble. An urban unit is a contiguously built-up area with at least 2,000 inhabitants, according to the definition by the French statistics institute INSEE.[1] In the current zoning, revised in 2020, it consists of 38 communes.[2] It covers 358.1 km2 and has 451,096 inhabitants (2018), population density 1260 /km2.[3] The urban unit largely overlaps with, but should not be confused with, the administrative entity Grenoble-Alpes Métropole.

INSEE code City Area
(km²)
Population
(2018)[4]
38045 Biviers 6.17 2,359
38057 Bresson 2.78 677
38070 Le Champ-près-Froges 4.83 1,186
38071 Champ-sur-Drac 8.92 3,090
38111 Claix 24.12 7,921
38126 Corenc 6.50 4,053
38150 Domène 5.29 6,701
38151 Échirolles 7.86 36,961
38158 Eybens 4.50 9,947
38169 Fontaine 6.74 22,906
38170 Fontanil-Cornillon 5.50 2,940
38175 Froges 6.43 3,361
38179 Gières 6.93 6,956
38185 Grenoble 18.13 157,650
38200 Jarrie 13.26 3,763
38229 Meylan 12.32 17,448
38249 Montbonnot-Saint-Martin 6.38 5,306
38271 Murianette 6.07 872
38281 Noyarey 16.86 2,216
38303 La Pierre 3.31 570
38309 Poisat 2.56 2,147
38317 Le Pont-de-Claix 5.60 10,605
38382 Saint-Égrève 10.88 15,801
38397 Saint-Ismier 14.90 7,026
38421 Saint-Martin-d'Hères 9.26 38,398
38423 Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux 10.06 5,799
38431 Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes 8.50 2,949
38474 Sassenage 13.31 11,277
38485 Seyssinet-Pariset 10.65 12,017
38486 Seyssins 8.00 7,783
38501 Tencin 6.8 2,112
38516 La Tronche 6.42 6,588
38524 Varces-Allières-et-Risset 20.88 8,272
38533 Venon 4.34 723
38538 Le Versoud 6.35 4,876
38540 Veurey-Voroize 12.21 1,436
38547 Villard-Bonnot 5.84 7,175
38565 Voreppe 28.65 9,229
Total 358.1 451,096

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