Bilieu

Bilieu
Commune
The Lac de Paladru with Bilieu in the background
Location of Bilieu
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Coordinates: 45°27′00″N 5°33′02″E / 45.45°N 5.5506°E / 45.45; 5.5506
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Le Grand-Lemps
Intercommunality	CA Pays Voironnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Penet[1]
Area ^1	6.71 km^2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	1,578
• Density	235/km^2 (609/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38043 /38850
Elevation	488–810 m (1,601–2,657 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bilieu (French pronunciation: [biljø]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1831 537 —     1841 634 +1.67% 1851 575 −0.97% 1861 549 −0.46% 1872 549 +0.00% 1881 491 −1.23% 1891 465 −0.54% 1901 437 −0.62% 1911 462 +0.56% 1921 417 −1.02% 1931 376 −1.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1946 313 −1.22% 1954 290 −0.95% 1962 301 +0.47% 1968 296 −0.28% 1975 326 +1.39% 1982 510 +6.60% 1990 741 +4.78% 1999 922 +2.46% 2007 1,152 +2.82% 2012 1,359 +3.36% 2017 1,544 +2.59%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Isère department
• Lac de Paladru

References

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. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bilieu, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE