Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Chartreuse-Guiers | |
| Community association | Coeur de Chartreuse | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 21 ' N , 5 ° 49' E | |
| height | 640–2,079 m | |
| surface | 80.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,015 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38380 | |
| INSEE code | 38442 | |
| Website | www.st-pierre-chartreuse.com | |
 Center of Saint-Pierre with parish church |
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Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is a French commune with 1,015 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is located around 18 kilometers north of Grenoble (as the crow flies).
The village is located in the middle of the Chartreuse Mountains, in a basin between the mountains Chamechaude ( 2082 m ) in the south, Dent de Crolles ( 2062 m ) in the east, Grand Som ( 2026 m ) in the north and Charmant Som ( 1867 m ) in the southwest , on the banks of the Guiers-Mort river . The municipality is located in the Chartreuse Regional Nature Park .
About three kilometers north-west of the village is La Grande Chartreuse , the mother monastery of the Carthusian order , in a remote side valley . Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is also known as a winter sports resort, there are around 35 km of ski slopes and cross-country trails with a length of 33 km.
A well-known resident was the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel , who owned a house here. The "Rencontres Brel", a chanson festival that has taken place annually since 1987, is named after him .
