Tencin

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Tencin
Commune
A general view of Tencin
Coat of arms
Location of Tencin
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Coordinates: 45°18′40″N 5°57′36″E / 45.311°N 5.96°E / 45.311; 5.96
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Haut-Grésivaudan
Intercommunality	CC Le Grésivaudan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Stefani^[1]
Area ¹	7 km² (2.7 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[2]	2,180
• Density	310/km² (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38501 /38570
Elevation	229–1,116 m (751–3,661 ft) (avg. 231 m or 758 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tencin (French pronunciation: [tɑ̃sɛ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	748	—
1821	831	+0.38%
1846	1,096	+1.11%
1872	934	−0.61%
1901	703	−0.97%
1926	614	−0.54%
1946	476	−1.26%
1962	824	+3.49%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	847	+0.46%
1975	858	+0.18%
1982	855	−0.05%
1990	859	+0.06%
1999	897	+0.48%
2007	1,171	+3.39%
2012	1,622	+6.73%
2017	2,095	+5.25%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ INSEE commune file
↑ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tencin, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Communes of the Isère department

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