Corrençon-en-Vercors
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Isère | |
Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
Canton | Fontaine-Vercors | |
Community association | Massif du Vercors | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 2 ' N , 5 ° 32' E | |
height | 1,055-2,286 m | |
surface | 39.34 km 2 | |
Residents | 354 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 38250 | |
INSEE code | 38129 | |
Website | http://www.correncon-en-vercors.fr/ | |
Corrençon-en-Vercors Town Hall (Mairie) |
Corrençon-en-Vercors is a French municipality with 354 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Grenoble and the canton of Fontaine-Vercors . The inhabitants are called Corrençonnais .
geography
Corrençon-en-Vercors is located about 24 kilometers southwest of Grenoble on a plateau in the Vercors Mountains. The municipality is located in the Vercors Regional Nature Park . Corrençon-en-Vercors is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villard-de-Lans in the north and east, Château-Bernard in the south-east, Saint-Andéol in the south and Saint-Martin-en-Vercors in the west and south-west.
history
Remains of the Neanderthal man are known from the Vercors.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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140 | 159 | 193 | 259 | 264 | 322 | 367 | 357 | |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- 19th century Church of Sainte-Croix
- Remains of the foundations of the medieval castle
- Saracen wall