Mayres-Savel

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Mayres-Savel
Mayres-Savel (France)
Mayres-Savel
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Matheysine-Trièves
Community association Matheysine
Coordinates 44 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 43'  E
height 484-1,769 m
surface 12.51 km 2
Residents 97 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38350
INSEE code
Website http://www.mayres-savel.a3w.fr/

Mayres-Savel is a French commune with a population of 97 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Rhône-Alpes ). The municipality is located in the Arrondissement of Grenoble and belongs to the canton of Matheysine-Trièves (until 2015 La Mure ). The inhabitants are called Mayrants .

geography

Mayres-Savel is located about 29 kilometers south-southeast of Grenoble on the Drac , which is dammed here to form Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet (also: Lac de Notre-Dame-de-Commiers ) and delimits the community in the south and west. Mayres-Savel is surrounded by the neighboring communities Marcieu in the north, La Motte-Saint-Martin in the northeast, Prunières in the east and northeast, Saint-Arey in the east, Saint-Jean-d'Hérans in the southeast, Cornillon-en-Trièves in the south , Lavars in the south and southwest and meeting point in the west and northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
109 97 78 91 100 107 99 126
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 11th century, monument historique since 1919
  • Savel castle ruins from the 12th / 13th centuries century

Web links

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