Champ-sur-Drac

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Champ-sur-Drac
Coat of arms of Champ-sur-Drac
Champ-sur-Drac (France)
Champ-sur-Drac
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Le Pont-de-Claix
Community association Grenoble-Alpes metropolis
Coordinates 45 ° 5 '  N , 5 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 5 '  N , 5 ° 44'  E
height 269–1,281 m
surface 8.92 km 2
Residents 3,007 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 337 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38560
INSEE code
Website www.ville-champsurdrac.fr

Champ-sur-Drac town hall

Champ-sur-Drac is a French municipality with 3007 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole municipality , to the Grenoble arrondissement and is part of the canton of Le Pont-de-Claix . The inhabitants are called Chenillard (e) s .

geography

Champ-sur-Drac is located about thirteen kilometers south-southeast of Grenoble on the Drac river , into which the Romanche flows here in the north-west of the municipality . Champ-sur-Drac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Jarrie in the north, Montchaboud in the northeast, Notre-Dame-de-Mésage in the east, Saint-Georges-de-Commiers in the south, Vif in the southwest, Varces-Allières-et-Risset in the West as well as Champagnier in the northwest. Route nationale 85 runs along the northern edge of the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
2,181 2,316 2,605 3,094 3,044 3,260 3.116 3.113

Attractions

Ruins of the Saint-Michel de Connexe priory
  • Ruins of the Saint-Michel du Connex priory, destroyed during the Wars of Religion and completely abandoned in 1570
  • 12th century Romanesque chapel Notre-Dame des Autels
  • Saint-Blaise church, 12th century Romanesque construction, bell tower from 1613, monument historique
  • Chapel of Sainte-Madeleine from the 12th century
  • Saint-Michel church, built in 1966, modern church building
Tour de Alleman
  • Tour de Alleman, an impressive remnant of the otherwise dismantled castle complex
  • Salle Navarre , cultural center, monument historique
Salle Navarre

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the Italian municipality of Torviscosa in the province of Udine (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) .

Web links

Commons : Champ-sur-Drac  - Collection of images, videos and audio files