Saint-Paul-de-Varces
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Le Pont-de-Claix | |
| Community association | Grenoble-Alpes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 4 ' N , 5 ° 38' E | |
| height | 293–2,047 m | |
| surface | 19.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,173 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 110 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38760 | |
| INSEE code | 38436 | |
| Website | www.mairiesaintpauldevarces.fr | |
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Saint-Paul-de-Varces is a French commune with 2,173 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole municipal association .
geography
Saint-Paul-de-Varces is located in eastern France in the Vercors massif , 99 kilometers southeast of Lyon and 15 kilometers southwest of Grenoble . The municipality is located in the Vercors Regional Nature Park .
Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Varces are Lans-en-Vercors in the northwest, Varces-Allières-et-Risset in the northeast, Vif in the southeast and Villard-de-Lans in the west. The municipality covers 1969 hectares, the mean height is 1170 meters above sea level , the Mairie stands at an altitude of 401 meters.
Saint-Paul-de-Varces is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
history
The municipality was continuously populated from the Copper Age (4300 BC to 2200 BC) to early history . During excavations, a necropolis from the Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC to 1st millennium BC) was found.
During the French Revolution , the parish was renamed Ancoin and Paul-d'Ancoin . As early as 1793, however, it was called Saint Paul de Varces again and in 1801 received the right to local self-government as Saint-Paul-de-Varces .
The current Saint-Paul church was built around 1840. In the place where the original church, which had been destroyed by a landslide , had stood. The old church had belonged to the Knights Templar . On one wall surface there is still a window with a pointed arch from the old church.
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| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | |
| Residents | 373 | 392 | 416 | 419 | 456 | 581 | 941 | 1,530 | 1,845 | 2,095 | |
Saint-Paul-de-Varces had the lowest population in 1936, after which the population rose continuously until 1975 and then skyrocketed.
Attractions
In the church of Saint-Paul there is a confessional that was built in 1747. It was classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) in 1942 .
economy
Important occupations of the Saint-Pagnards are agriculture, viticulture and the breeding of domestic cattle. Protected geographical indications (IGP) for Emmentaler ( Emmental français Est-Central ) and white , rosé and red wines with the designation ( Isère or Comtés Rhodaniens ) apply in the municipality .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Le village de Saint-Paul-de-Varces. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved October 6, 2012 (French).
- ^ Aimé Bocquet: La nécropole protohistorique de Saint-Paul-de-Varces . d'après les travaux du Spéléo-groupe du Club alpin français de Grenoble. Ed .: Club alpin français Spéléo-Groupe. Center de documentation de la préhistoire alpine, 1963. (French, LCCN = 75520179 )
- ↑ a b Saint-Paul-de-Varces on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Saint Paul de Varces, Eglise Saint Paul (French)
- ↑ Entry No. 38436 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)