La Salette-Fallavaux

La Salette-Fallavaux
Commune
The sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette
La Salette-Fallavaux La Salette-Fallavaux
Coordinates: 44°50′28″N 5°58′33″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Matheysine-Trièves
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilda Perrin
Area 1	22 km2 (8 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38469 /38970
Elevation	983–2,402 m (3,225–7,881 ft) (avg. 1,140 m or 3,740 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Salette-Fallavaux (French pronunciation: ​[la salɛt falavo]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette in the mountains above the village is a well-known pilgrimage site devoted to an 1846 Marian apparition.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 324 —     1806 439 +35.5% 1821 415 −5.5% 1831 448 +8.0% 1841 689 +53.8% 1851 714 +3.6% 1861 715 +0.1% 1872 686 −4.1% 1881 668 −2.6% 1891 590 −11.7% 1901 507 −14.1% 1911 446 −12.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 353 −20.9% 1931 276 −21.8% 1946 238 −13.8% 1954 207 −13.0% 1962 150 −27.5% 1968 107 −28.7% 1975 79 −26.2% 1982 88 +11.4% 1990 86 −2.3% 1999 76 −11.6% 2006 70 −7.9% 2011 74 +5.7%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department