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Saint-Marcellin, Isère

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Saint-Marcellin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsəlɛ̃] ) is a commune in the Isère department, in southeastern France, 51 km from Grenoble.

The town is served by a railway station, on the line from Valence to Grenoble.

01Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,013,     
1800 3,047+0.16%
1806 3,215+0.90%
1821 2,780−0.96%
1831 3,191+1.39%
1836 2,885−2.00%
1841 3,116+1.55%
1846 3,408+1.81%
1851 3,460+0.30%
1856 3,459−0.01%
1861 3,295−0.97%
1866 3,173−0.75%
1872 3,340+0.86%
1876 3,307−0.25%
1881 3,250−0.35%
1886 3,393+0.86%
1891 3,392−0.01%
1896 3,308−0.50%
1901 3,237−0.43%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 3,305+0.42%
1911 3,348+0.26%
1921 3,312−0.11%
1926 3,764+2.59%
1931 3,995+1.20%
1936 4,258+1.28%
1946 4,308+0.12%
1954 4,486+0.51%
1962 5,298+2.10%
1968 6,186+2.62%
1975 6,779+1.32%
1982 6,795+0.03%
1990 6,696−0.18%
1999 6,955+0.42%
2007 7,794+1.43%
2012 8,075+0.71%
2017 7,903−0.43%
2023 7,700−0.43%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

02Twin towns

Saint-Marcellin is twinned with:

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