Le Versoud

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Le Versoud
Le Versoud (France)
Le Versoud
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Le Moyen Grésivaudan
Community association Le Grésivaudan
Coordinates 45 ° 13 '  N , 5 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 13 '  N , 5 ° 52'  E
height 216-441 m
surface 29.69 km 2
Residents 4,818 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 162 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38420
INSEE code
Website www.ville-leversoud.fr/

Tower in L'Etapes (south view)

Le Versoud is a French municipality with 4818 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Grenoble and is part of the canton of Le Moyen Grésivaudan . The inhabitants are called Bédouins .

geography

Le Versoud is located in the Grésivaudan countryside on the Isère river between Grenoble and the Belledonne mountain range . Le Versoud is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes in the north, Villard-Bonnot in the northeast, La Combe-de-Lancey in the east, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux in the southeast, Revel in the south, Domène in the southwest, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin in the west and Saint-Ismier in the north-west.

The municipality consists of the localities of Le Pruney , Le Bourg , Champ Lévrier , L'Etape , Roussillon , Le Bois-Français . Grenoble-Le Versoud Airport is located in the municipality .

View of Grenoble-Le Versoud airfield with its two runways

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
1,445 1,675 1,772 2,217 2,995 3,809 4,309 4,675
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Laurent church, as a neoclassical building from 1840 in place of the old church from the 11th / 12th centuries. Century erected
  • Etape tower from 1267
  • CELAG Aviation Museum (Center d'Etudes et de Loisirs Aerospatiaux de Grenoble)

Web links

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