Isle, Haute-Vienne

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Isle

(2020–2026) Gilles Bégout^[1]Area

20.18 km² (7.79 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

7,853 • Density390/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

87075 /87170

Elevation208–346 m (682–1,135 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Isle (French pronunciation: [il] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Isla) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

As of 2019, Isle is the fifth commune of the department (by population), after Limoges, Saint-Junien, Panazol and Couzeix.

Population

Inhabitants are known as Islois in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,732	—
1975	5,808	+2.97%
1982	6,863	+2.41%
1990	7,292	+0.76%
1999	7,691	+0.59%
2007	7,517	−0.29%
2012	7,515	−0.01%
2017	7,696	+0.48%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE