Domain
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Meylan | |
| Community association | Grenoble-Alpes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 12 ′ N , 5 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 214-520 m | |
| surface | 5.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,745 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,275 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38420 | |
| INSEE code | 38150 | |
| Website | www.ville-domene.fr | |
 View of Domène from the Venon |
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Domène is a French municipality with 6745 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Grenoble in the canton of Meylan . The inhabitants are called Domenois (es) .
geography
Domène is located in the valley of Grésivaudan on the Isère , on the flank of the Belledonne mountain range and about ten kilometers north of Grenoble .
Domène is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Ismier in the north, Le Versoud in the northeast, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux in the east, Revel in the southeast, Murianette in the south, Meylan in the west and Montbonnot-Saint-Martin in the northwest.
Here the Doménon flows into the Isère.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,372 | 4,901 | 5,297 | 5,308 | 5,775 | 6,399 | 6,544 | 6,607 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Community partnerships
Domène has partnerships with the Italian municipality of Vedano al Lambro in Lombardy and with the German municipality of Mühlhausen-Ehingen in Baden-Württemberg.
Personalities
- Tancrède Bastet (1858–1942), painter
- Marceau Pivert (1895-1958), politician
- Georges Gimel (1898–1962), painter
Attractions
- Ruins of the Benedictine priory from the 11th century (Monument historique)
- church
