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L'Isle-d'Abeau () is a commune in the department of
Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.France.Commune de L'Isle-d'Abeau (38193)
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It lies 35 kilometres southeast from Lyon. It is part of the urban unit (agglomeration) of
Bourgoin-Jallieu Bourgoin-Jallieu (; frp, Brégon) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the ...
, and of the functional area of Lyon.


Urban development

This little city was developed with the creation of the
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. It has 8 primary schools (1 is private), three middle schools, one high school and 2 IUT dedicated to informatic and multimedia jobs. The municipality gave its name to a
new town New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
, whose creation was decided in 1970 to canalize the demographic growth of the Lyon agglomeration. It is organized in a New Agglomeration Union, together with
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,
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is a commune in the Isère department, and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in southeastern France. Geography Saint-Quentin Fallavier is located in Isère, at the boundary of the department of Rhône, along the A43 o ...
,
Vaulx-Milieu Vaulx-Milieu () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography The Bourbre The Bourbre () is a long river in the Isère and Rhône departments in central eastern France. Its source is in Burcin. It flows generall ...
and Villefontaine. Since January 1, 2007, the Union became the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère, with over 106,000 inhabitants in 22 municipalities.


Population


International relations

L'Isle-d'Abeau is twinned with: * San Vicente del Raspeig (
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, Spain).


See also

*
Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, department of Isère. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):


References


External links


Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Isledabeau Communes of Isère New towns in France New towns started in the 1960s