Laffrey

Laffrey (French pronunciation: ​[lafʁɛ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It stands at the top of the Rampe de Laffrey, which is known for a large number of deadly automobile accidents.

Laffrey
Commune
Laffrey Lake
Coat of arms
Location of Laffrey
Laffrey
Laffrey
Coordinates: 45°01′30″N 5°46′22″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonMatheysine-Trièves
IntercommunalityMatheysine
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Faure
Area
1
6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
465
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38203 /38220
Elevation680–1,262 m (2,231–4,140 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Napoleon passed through the village on March 7, 1815, during his return from Elba at the beginning of the Hundred Days. At a site in Laffrey now known as the "field of the encounter" (prairie de la Rencontre), Napoleon and the handful of troops accompanying him were met by a battalion of soldiers of the royal 5th Regiment of the Line, who had come to arrest him. Leaving behind his men, Napoleon presented himself to the soldiers and declared, "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am". The soldiers defected to his cause, crying Vive l'Empereur! ("Long live the Emperor!").[2] An equestrian statue of Napoleon by Emmanuel Frémiet, installed on the field in 1930, commemorates this event.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793319—    
1806365+14.4%
1821378+3.6%
1831436+15.3%
1841466+6.9%
1951510+9.4%
1861426−16.5%
1872431+1.2%
1881412−4.4%
1891404−1.9%
1901398−1.5%
1911326−18.1%
YearPop.±%
1921280−14.1%
1931307+9.6%
1946243−20.8%
1954265+9.1%
1962250−5.7%
1968238−4.8%
1975198−16.8%
1982211+6.6%
1990249+18.0%
1999311+24.9%
2006360+15.8%
2011393+9.2%

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. "Route Napoléon Prairie de la Rencontre". Isère Tourisme. Retrieved 14 March 2019.


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