Gresse-en-Vercors
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Matheysine-Trièves | |
| Community association | Trièves | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 54 ' N , 5 ° 34' E | |
| height | 960-2,341 m | |
| surface | 81.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 395 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 5 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38650 | |
| INSEE code | 38186 | |
| Website | http://www.gresse-en-vercors.fr/ | |
_1.jpg) View of the valley at Gresse-en-Vercors |
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Gresse-en-Vercors is a French municipality with 395 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality is located in the Arrondissement of Grenoble and belongs to the canton of Matheysine-Trièves (until 2015: canton of Monestier-de-Clermont ). The inhabitants are called Gressois (also: Gressots ).
geography
The winter sports resort of Gresse-en-Vercors with its numerous ski slopes is located about 28 kilometers south-southwest of Grenoble on a plateau in the Vercors Mountains. The river Gresse has its source here . Gresse-en-Vercors is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Andèol in the north, Saint-Guillaume in the northeast, Saint-Paul-de-Monastier in the east and northeast, Roissard in the east, Saint-Michel-les-Portes in the southeast, and Chichilianne in the South and Southeast, Romeyer in the South and Southwest and Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors in the West.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 186 | 175 | 165 | 203 | 265 | 299 | 365 | 392 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Barthélémy church from the 13th century
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the Italian municipality of Calvanico in the province of Salerno (Campania) since 2003.
