Le Versoud
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Le Moyen Grésivaudan | |
| Community association | Le Grésivaudan | |
| 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 | 38538 | |
| Website | www.ville-leversoud.fr/ | |
 Tower in L'Etapes (south view) |
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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 .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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| 1,445 | 1,675 | 1,772 | 2,217 | 2,995 | 3,809 | 4,309 | 4,675 | |
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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)
