La Chapelle-en-Vercors
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | The | |
| Canton | Vercors-Monts du Matin | |
| Community association | Royans-Vercors | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 58 ′ N , 5 ° 25 ′ E | |
| height | 900-1,524 m | |
| surface | 45.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 713 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26420 | |
| INSEE code | 26074 | |
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La Chapelle-en-Vercors is a French municipality with 713 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016: Rhône-Alpes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Die .
geography
La Chapelle-en-Vercors is about 41 kilometers east-northeast of Valence . La Chapelle-en-Vercors is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Échevis in the north, Saint-Martin-en-Vercors in the north and north-east, Saint-Andéol in the east, Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors in the east and south-east, Vassieux-en-Vercors to the south, Bouvante to the west and south-west and Saint-Laurent-en-Royans to the west and north-west.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 738 | 722 | 675 | 653 | 628 | 662 | 674 | 699 |
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption
- La Draye Blanche cave
- Saint-Antoine chapel
- Notre-Dame-des-Lumières chapel in the Loscence district
Personalities
- Raphaël Poirée (* 1974), biathlete, grew up here
Web links
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