Les Deux Alpes
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Oisans Romanche | |
| Community association | Oisans | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 59 ′ N , 6 ° 7 ′ E | |
| height | 940–1,701 m | |
| surface | 56.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,908 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38520, 38860 | |
| INSEE code | 38253 | |
Les Deux Alpes is a French commune with 1,908 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 the Canton of Oisans-Romanche .
On January 1, 2017, Les Deux Alpes was formed as Commune nouvelle from the previously independent municipalities of Mont-de-Lans and Vénosc .
geography
Les Deux Alpes is located about 35 kilometers east-southeast of Grenoble on the Vénéon and, together with the high alp of the same name, forms the important winter sports center Les Deux Alpes (ski area) . Les Deux Alpes is surrounded by the neighboring communities Auris in the north and north-west, Le Freney-d'Oisans in the north, Mizoën in the north and north-east, La Grave in the east and north-east, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans in the east and south-east, Valjouffrey in the South and Le Bourg-d'Oisans to the west.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2017) |
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| Mont-de-Lans (administrative headquarters) | 38253 | 31.60 | 1,141 |
| Venosc | 38534 | 25.06 | 767 |
Attractions
- Church of Mont-de-Lans with tower from 1627
- Church in Le Courtil, Romanesque building, originally from the 9th century
- Saint-Sauveur chapel in Le Bourg d'Arud from 1686
- Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs chapel in Le Sellier from 1637
- Chasal-Lento Museum in Mont-de-Lans
- House La Montagne in Mont-de-Lans
Personalities
- Christelle Guignard (* 1962), ski racer
