Blandin

Blandin
Blandin
Commune
	A view of Blandin
	Location of Blandin
	Blandin Blandin
	Coordinates: 45°28′15″N 5°26′53″E / 45.4708°N 5.448°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Le Grand-Lemps
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Corinne Magnin
Area 1	4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population (2023)	158
• Density	37.1/km2 (96.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38047 /38730
Elevation	387–664 m (1,270–2,178 ft) ; (avg. 410 m or 1,350 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blandin (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃dɛ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.^[3]

Geography

Blandin was established in 1801 from Virieu. Blandin is located 25 km (15.5 mi) from Voiron and 14 km (8.6 mi) from La Tour-du-Pin. The Bourbre forms the commune's eastern border.

Map of the commune
Château de l'Épinay in 1905

Population

Its inhabitants are known as Blandinois (masculine) and Blandinoises (feminine) in French.^[4]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1800	162	—
1821	209	+1.22%
1846	217	+0.15%
1872	226	+0.16%
1901	180	−0.78%
1926	152	−0.67%
1946	143	−0.30%
1962	139	−0.18%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	144	+0.59%
1975	117	−2.92%
1982	124	+0.83%
1990	133	+0.88%
1999	122	−0.95%
2009	144	+1.67%
2014	137	−0.99%
2020	152	+1.75%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[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
^ "Le nom des habitants du 38 - Isère". habitants.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Blandin, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[3] INSEE commune file

[4] "Le nom des habitants du 38 - Isère". habitants.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

[ehess-5] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Blandin, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-6] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Geography

Population

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References