Saint-Marcellin (Isère)

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Saint-Marcellin
Coat of arms of Saint-Marcellin
Saint-Marcellin (France)
Saint-Marcellin
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Le Sud Grésivaudan (main town)
Community association Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 9 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 9 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  E
height 275-300 m
surface 7.81 km 2
Residents 7,903 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,012 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38160
INSEE code 38416
Website www.saint-marcellin.fr

Saint-Marcellin is a French municipality with 7903 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 the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Le Sud Grésivaudan . The inhabitants are called Saint-Marcellinois .

geography

Saint-Marcellin is in the Dauphiné region . The Cumane , a tributary of the Isère, forms the eastern municipal boundary. Saint-Marcellin is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chevrières in the north and north-west, Saint-Vérand in the north and north-east, Saint-Sauveur in the east and Chatte in the south and west.

The A49 autoroute and the former national route 518 run through the municipality . The station is on the Valence – Moirans railway line .

The city is located to the northwest of the Vercors Regional Nature Park , with which it is associated as an access point.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 5,298 6,186 6,779 6,795 6,696 6,955 7,694 8,063

Trivia

The Saint-Marcellin cheese is named after the place.

Community partnerships

Saint-Marcellin has maintained community partnerships since 1993 with the German community Grafing near Munich in Bavaria and since 2006 with the Italian community Fiesso d'Artico in the province of Venice.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Saint-Marcellin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files