Huez

Huez
Huez
Commune
	Alpe d'Huez
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 45°05′00″N 6°03′36″E / 45.0833°N 6.06°ECoordinates: 45°05′00″N 6°03′36″E / 45.0833°N 6.06°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Oisans-Romanche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Noyrey
Area 1	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,303
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38191 /38750
Elevation	1,024–3,081 m (3,360–10,108 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Huez (French pronunciation: [ɥɛz]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The mountain resort Alpe d'Huez is located in the commune. L'Alpe d'Huez is often an ascent on the Tour de France.

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	368	—
1806	407	+10.6%
1821	406	−0.2%
1831	465	+14.5%
1841	424	−8.8%
1851	485	+14.4%
1861	450	−7.2%
1872	474	+5.3%
1881	418	−11.8%
1891	402	−3.8%
1901	372	−7.5%
1911	353	−5.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	330	−6.5%
1931	269	−18.5%
1946	482	+79.2%
1954	331	−31.3%
1962	493	+48.9%
1975	1,410	+186.0%
1982	1,154	−18.2%
1990	1,265	+9.6%
1999	1,671	+32.1%
2006	1,327	−20.6%
2011	1,398	+5.4%

Twin towns[]

Huez is twinned with:

Bormio, Italy, since 2005

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.