La Tour-du-Pin

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La Tour-du-Pin
Coat of arms of La Tour-du-Pin
La Tour-du-Pin (France)
La Tour-du-Pin
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement La Tour-du-Pin
Canton La Tour-du-Pin (main town)
Community association Les Vals du Dauphiné
Coordinates 45 ° 34 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 34 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E
height 309-461 m
surface 4.77 km 2
Residents 8,080 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,694 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38110
INSEE code
Website www.latourdupin.fr

Town church from the 19th century in La Tour-du-Pin

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La Tour-du-Pin is a French town with 8080 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the valley of the river Bourbre in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is located between Lyon , Chambéry and Grenoble on the A43 Autoroute (Lyon-Chambéry) and on the railway line that connects these cities. The city is the seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissement of the same name and the capital of the canton of the same name.

Attractions

  • Château de Cuirieu from the 15th / 16th centuries century
  • Château de Tournin from the 15th / 16th centuries century
  • 16th century maison des Dauphins
  • City church from the 19th century

House La Tour-du-Pin

La Tour-du-Pin is the ancestral home of the La Tour-du-Pin family , who were the Dauphins of Viennois in the first half of the 14th century (and should not be confused with the La Tour d'Auvergne family ).

Web links

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