Isère
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Isère | ||
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Department | ||
Prefecture building of the Isère department, in Grenoble | ||
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Location of Isère in France | ||
Coordinates: 45°20′N 05°30′E / 45.333°N 5.500°E / 45.333; 5.500Coordinates: 45°20′N 05°30′E / 45.333°N 5.500°E / 45.333; 5.500 | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Prefecture | Grenoble | |
Subprefectures | La Tour-du-Pin Vienne | |
Government | ||
• President of the Departmental Council | André Vallini | |
Area 1 | ||
• Total | 7,431 km2 (2,869 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 846 m (2,776 ft) | |
Highest elevation | 4,088 m (13,412 ft) | |
Lowest elevation | 134 m (440 ft) | |
Population (2016) | ||
• Total | 1,252,912 | |
• Rank | 16th | |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Department number | 38 | |
Arrondissements | 3 | |
Cantons | 29 | |
Communes | 521 | |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Isère (French pronunciation: [izɛːʁ]; Arpitan: Isera, Occitan: Isèra) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France named after the river Isère.
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Politics
4.1 Current National Assembly Representatives
5 Culture
6 Tourism
7 Miscellaneous topics
8 See also
9 References
History
Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the main part of the former province of Dauphiné.[1] Its area has been reduced twice, in 1852 and again in 1967, on both occasions losing territory to the department of Rhône.
In 1852 in response to rapid urban development around the edge of Lyon, the (hitherto Isère) communes of Bron, Vaulx-en-Velin, Vénissieux and Villeurbanne were transferred to Rhône.[2] In 1967 the redrawing of local government borders led to the creation of the Urban Community of Lyon (more recently known simply as Greater Lyon / Grand Lyon). At that time intercommunal groupings of this nature were not permitted to straddle departmental frontiers, and accordingly 23 more Isère communes (along with 6 communes from Ain) found themselves transferred to Rhône. The affected Isère communes were Chaponnay, Chassieu, Communay, Corbas, Décines-Charpieu, Feyzin, Genas, Jonage, Jons, Marennes, Meyzieu, Mions, Pusignan, Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, Saint-Laurent-de-Mure, Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu, Saint-Priest, Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, Sérézin-du-Rhône, Simandres, Solaize, Ternay and Toussieu.
Most recently, on 1 April 1971, Colombier-Saugnieu was lost to Rhône. Banners appeared in the commune's three little villages at the time proclaiming "Dauphinois toujours" (Always Dauphinois)
Isère was also the name of the French ship which delivered the 214 boxes holding the Statue of Liberty.
Geography
Isère is part of the current region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and is surrounded by the departments of Rhône, Ain, Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, Drôme, Ardèche, and Loire.
Isère includes a part of the French Alps. The highest point in the department is the Sub-Peak "Pic Lory" at 4,088 metres, subsidiary to the Barre des Écrins. The summit of La Meije at 3,988 metres is also well known. The Vercors Plateau aesthetically dominates the western area of the department.
Demographics
Inhabitants of the department are called Isérois.
Politics
The President of the General Council is André Vallini of the Socialist Party.
Party | seats | |
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• | Socialist Party | 24 |
Union for a Popular Movement | 14 | |
Miscellaneous Right | 7 | |
• | French Communist Party | 6 |
• | Miscellaneous Left | 4 |
• | The Greens | 3 |
Current National Assembly Representatives
Constituency | Member[3] | Party | |
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Isère's 1st constituency | Olivier Véran | La République En Marche! | |
Isère's 2nd constituency | Jean-Charles Colas-Roy | La République En Marche! | |
Isère's 3rd constituency | Émilie Chalas | La République En Marche! | |
Isère's 4th constituency | Marie-Noëlle Battistel | Socialist Party | |
Isère's 5th constituency | Catherine Kamowski | La République En Marche! | |
Isère's 6th constituency | Cendra Motin | La République En Marche! | |
Isère's 7th constituency | Monique Limon | La République En Marche! | |
Isère's 8th constituency | Caroline Abadie | La République En Marche! | |
Isère's 9th constituency | Élodie Jacquier-Laforge | MoDem | |
Isère's 10th constituency | Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert | La République En Marche! |
Culture
The Grande Chartreuse is the mother abbey of the Carthusian order. It is located 14 miles north of Grenoble.
As early as the 13th century, residents of the north and central parts of Isère spoke a dialect of the Franco-Provençal language called Dauphinois. It continued to be spoken in rural areas of Isère into the 20th century.
Tourism
Isère features many ski resorts, including the Alpe d'Huez, Les Deux Alpes, the 1968 Winter Olympics resorts of Chamrousse, Villard de Lans, Autrans. Other popular resorts include Les 7 Laux, Le Collet d'Allevard, Méaudre, Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, Alpe du Grand Serre, Gresse-en-Vercors.
Grenoble has a dozen museums, including the most famous created in Grenoble in 1798, the Museum of Grenoble.
It is the third largest ski and winter destination of France, after Savoie and Haute-Savoie, and before Hautes-Alpes. It also hosts Coupe Icare, an annual festival of free flight, such as paragliding and hang-gliding, held at the world-renowned paragliding site at Lumbin.
Grenoble
The Grande Chartreuse
The Grand Veymont
The Dent de Crolles
Queyras valley
Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet
Miscellaneous topics
Poma (ski-lifts) and Rossignol (ski and winter surf company) are headquartered in Isère, near Grenoble.
Other companies include STMicroelectronics France, Schneider Electric SA, Caterpillar France SAS, Hewlett Packard, Becton Dickinson France SAS, Soitec, Siemens, Teisseire. There are also well-developed industries in new technologies with Inovallée and the Polygone Scientifique.
Isère produces the following cheeses: Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée cheese, and Saint-Marcellin.
See also
- Cantons of the Isère department
- Communes of the Isère department
- Arrondissements of the Isère department
References
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