Laffrey

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Laffrey

(2020–2026) Philippe Faure^[1]Area

6.72 km² (2.59 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

468 • Density70/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38203 /38220

Elevation680–1,262 m (2,231–4,140 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Laffrey (French pronunciation: [lafʁɛ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It stands at the top of the Rampe de Laffrey, which is known for a large number of deadly automobile accidents.

History

Napoleon passed through the village on March 7, 1815, during his return from Elba at the beginning of the Hundred Days. At a site in Laffrey now known as the "field of the encounter" (prairie de la Rencontre), Napoleon and the handful of troops accompanying him were met by a battalion of soldiers of the royal 5th Regiment of the Line, who had come to arrest him. Leaving behind his men, Napoleon presented himself to the soldiers and declared, "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am". The soldiers defected to his cause, crying Vive l'Empereur! ("Long live the Emperor!").^[3] An equestrian statue of Napoleon by Emmanuel Frémiet, installed on the field in 1930, commemorates this event.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	238	—
1975	198	−2.59%
1982	211	+0.91%
1990	249	+2.09%
1999	311	+2.50%
2009	370	+1.75%
2014	413	+2.22%
2020	467	+2.07%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Route Napoléon Prairie de la Rencontre". Isère Tourisme. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE