Rives, Isère

Administration
Rives
Rives Isere rue street1.jpg
Rives

Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Rives
Intercommunality	Pays Voironnais
Mayor	Alain Dezempte
Statistics
Elevation	314–469 m (1,030–1,539 ft)
Land area¹	10.93 km² (4.22 sq mi)
Population²	5,620 (1999)
- Density	514 /km² (1,330 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38337/ 38140
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rives is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.

Access

By road: By motorway (A48) or the Départemental Road, the D1085, between Lyon and Grenoble

By train: The TER Lyon Perrache/Saint André le Gaz/Grenoble line. Rives station is a terminus for some TER suburban trains of the Grenoble Metro

By plane: Saint Étienne de Saint Geoirs' airport (code GNB) is 15 kilometres away from Rives (20 minutes by car.)

The bus line n°10 goes from the railstation to the down-town (route de la Liampre)
The bus line J stops at Rives
Some buses of the line M stops at Rives

The bus line 7300 (Beaurepaire-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".
Some buses of the line 2900 (Vienne-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
3902	4589	5007	5115	5403	5620
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

Napoleon Bonaparte spent a night in Rives, on his return from Elba, in a building that is now a bank. A plaque commemorates the visit.
Luc Court, motor-car builder was born here in 1862.
Jérémy Clément, footballer of Paris Saint-Germain was originally from Rives.
Raphaël Poirée, biathlete was born here.

(All French language)

Communes of the Isère department