Corrençon-en-Vercors

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Corrençon-en-Vercors
Corrençon-en-Vercors (France)
Corrençon-en-Vercors
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Fontaine-Vercors
Community association Massif du Vercors
Coordinates 45 ° 2 '  N , 5 ° 32'  E 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
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
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
Sainte-Croix church

Web links

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