Rovon

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Rovon
Coat of arms of Rovon
Rovon (France)
Rovon
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Le Sud Grésivaudan
Community association Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 12 ′  N , 5 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 12 ′  N , 5 ° 28 ′  E
height 172-1,471 m
surface 11.82 km 2
Residents 609 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 52 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38470
INSEE code
Website rovon.sud-gresivaudan.org

Rovon is a French municipality with 609 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Rhône-Alpes ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Grenoble and the canton of Le Sud Grésivaudan ( canton of Vinay until 2015 ). The inhabitants are called rovonnais .

geography

Rovon is about 21 kilometers west of Grenoble on the Isère , which borders the municipality in the north. The municipality is also part of the Vercors Regional Nature Park . Rovon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of L'Albenc in the north, Saint-Gervais in the east, Rencurel in the south and south-east, Malleval in the south and south-west, Cognin-les-Gorges in the west and north-west and Vinay in the north-west.

population

Number of inhabitants
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 309 262 274 310 424 532 578 609

Attractions

Saint-Pierre church
  • Saint-Pierre church

Web links

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