Country France Department Isère Intercommunality Porte de l'Isère Area 9.11 km² Local time Monday 3:09 AM | Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Canton L'Isle-d'Abeau Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 15,329 (2008) Arrondissement La Tour-du-Pin | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 79% Humidity | ||
L'Isle-d'Abeau is a commune in the department of Isère in southeastern France, thirty kilometres away from Lyon.
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Map of 38080 L'Isle-d'Abeau, France
Town
This little city was developed with the creation of the new town. It has 8 primary schools (1 is private), two middle schools, one high school and 2 IUT dedicated to informatic and multimedia jobs.
New town
The municipality gave its name to a new town, 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 Four, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Vaulx-Milieu and Villefontaine. Since January 1st, 2007, the Union became the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI), with over 93,000 inhabitants in 21 municipalities.
International relations
L'Isle-d'Abeau is twinned with: