Engins

Engins
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Fontaine-Vercors
Community association	Massif du Vercors
Coordinates	45 ° 11 '  N , 5 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 11 '  N , 5 ° 37'  E
height	560–2,064 m
surface	20.64 km 2
Residents	465 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	38360
INSEE code	38153
Website	http://www.engins.fr/
Town hall (Mairie) of Engins

Engins is a French municipality with 465 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 Enginois .

geography

Engins is located about nine kilometers west-southwest of Grenoble on the Furon River on a plateau in the Vercors Mountains. The municipality is located in the Vercors Regional Nature Park . Engins is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Noyarey in the north, Sassenage in the northeast, Fontaine in the east, Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte in the southeast, Lans-en-Vercors in the south and Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors in the west and southwest.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
192	151	151	288	352	420	465	496
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Church, built at the end of the 11th / beginning of the 12th century
• Dam wall

church

Web links

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