Lans-en-Vercors

Lans-en-Vercors
Commune
A general view of Lans-en-Vercors
Location of Lans-en-Vercors
Lans-en-Vercors Location within France Lans-en-Vercors Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°07′45″N 5°35′21″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Fontaine-Vercors
Intercommunality	Massif du Vercors
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michaël Kraemer
Area 1	39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	2,751
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38205 /38250
Elevation	902–1,960 m (2,959–6,430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lans-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃s ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Lans in Vercors) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	980	—
1800	898	−1.24%
1806	1,060	+2.80%
1821	1,013	−0.30%
1831	1,076	+0.61%
1836	1,155	+1.43%
1841	1,180	+0.43%
1846	1,265	+1.40%
1851	1,170	−1.55%
1856	1,174	+0.07%
1861	1,169	−0.09%
1866	1,120	−0.85%
1872	1,102	−0.27%
1876	1,051	−1.18%
1881	1,032	−0.36%
1886	1,014	−0.35%
1891	978	−0.72%
1896	961	−0.35%
1901	888	−1.57%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	893	+0.11%
1911	846	−1.08%
1921	726	−1.52%
1926	717	−0.25%
1931	721	+0.11%
1936	738	+0.47%
1946	923	+2.26%
1954	867	−0.78%
1962	693	−2.76%
1968	795	+2.31%
1975	859	+1.11%
1982	1,098	+3.57%
1990	1,451	+3.55%
1999	2,026	+3.78%
2007	2,384	+2.05%
2012	2,574	+1.55%
2017	2,651	+0.59%
2023	2,751	+0.62%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Twin towns

Lans-en-Vercors is twinned with:

• Saint-Donat, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada, since 1990

See also

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

External links

• Official site