Canton of Voiron
| Canton of Voiron | |
|---|---|
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| main place | Voiron |
| Residents | 46,026 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 324 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 142.12 km² |
| Communities | 10 |
| INSEE code | 3829 |
 Location of the canton of Voiron in the Isère department |
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The canton of Voiron is a French canton in the Arrondissement of Grenoble in the Isère department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . The main town is Voiron . Jean-François Gaujour ( PS ) has been a representative in the conseil général des Départements since 2004 . The second largest municipality in the canton is Voreppe.
Communities
Since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the following ten municipalities have belonged to the canton of Voiron:
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coublevie | 4,836 | 7.05 | 686 | 38133 | 38500 |
| La Buisse | 3,142 | 11.52 | 273 | 38061 | 38500 |
| La Murette | 1,884 | 4.22 | 446 | 38270 | 38140 |
| La Sure en Chartreuse | 984 | 27.73 | 35 | 38407 | 38134 |
| Saint-Aupre | 1,137 | 11.93 | 95 | 38362 | 38960 |
| Saint-Cassien | 1,162 | 5.67 | 205 | 38373 | 38500 |
| Saint-Etienne-de-Crossey | 2,542 | 12.84 | 198 | 38383 | 38960 |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin | 938 | 10.61 | 88 | 38432 | 38500 |
| Voiron | 20,108 | 21.90 | 918 | 38563 | 38500 |
| Voreppe | 9,293 | 28.65 | 324 | 38565 | 38340 |
| Canton of Voiron | 46,026 | 142.12 | 324 | 3829 | - |
Until the reorganization, the canton of Voiron consisted of ten municipalities: La Buisse , Chirens , Coublevie , Pommiers-la-Placette , Saint-Aupre , Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey , Saint-Julien-de-Raz , Saint-Nicolas-de -Macherin , Voiron and Voreppe .
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2017: Merger of Pommiers-la-Placette and Saint-Julien-de-Raz → La Sure en Chartreuse