Huez
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Oisans Romanche | |
| Community association | Oisans | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 5 ' N , 6 ° 4' E | |
| height | 1,024-3,081 m | |
| surface | 14.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,307 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 92 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38750 | |
| INSEE code | 38191 | |
| Website | http://www.alpedhuez-mairie.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Huez |
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Huez (also: Huez-en-Oisans ) is a French commune in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality, which belongs to the Arrondissement of Grenoble and the canton of Oisans-Romanche , has 1,307 (as of January 1, 2017) inhabitants, the Huizats or Huizates .
geography
Huez is located about 28 kilometers east-southeast of Grenoble and is particularly known for the town of L'Alpe d'Huez , which is internationally famous as a stage of the Tour de France and as a winter sports resort. Huez is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Oz in the north, Le Freney-d'Oisans in the east, Auris and La Garde in the south and Villard-Reculas in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 493 | 619 | 1,410 | 1,154 | 1,265 | 1,671 | 1,327 | 1,413 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Ferréol church from the 11th century with renovations from the 15th, 16th and 19th centuries
- Sainte-Anne church, built at the end of the 19th century
- Notre-Dame-des-Neiges church, built in 1960 near the Alpe-d'Huez ski station
- Saint-Antoine chapel from 1767
- Brandes archaeological site, abandoned medieval village of miners, monument historique since 1995
Saint-Ferréol church
Church of Sainte-Anne
Brandes archaeological dig
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the Italian municipality of Bormio in the province of Sondrio (Lombardy) since 2005.
