Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Isère | |
Arrondissement | Vienne | |
Canton | Bièvre | |
Community association | Bièvre Isère | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 19 ′ N , 5 ° 17 ′ E | |
height | 378-723 m | |
surface | 23.08 km 2 | |
Residents | 761 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 38870 | |
INSEE code | 38440 | |
Website | http://www.saintpierredebressieux.fr/ |
Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux is a French municipality with 761 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; administratively it belongs to the arrondissement Vienne and is part of the canton Bièvre (until 2015: canton Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Pierrois .
geography
Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux is located about 40 kilometers northwest of Grenoble at the foot of the Chartreuse massif . The Galaure River limits the community to the south. Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brézins in the north, Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs in the northeast, Saint-Geoirs in the east, Brion in the east and southeast, Chasselay in the southeast, Roybon in the south and southwest, Marnans in the west and south-west and Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux and Bressieux in the north-west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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562 | 543 | 508 | 592 | 621 | 627 | 674 | 733 |
Attractions
- Chambaran Plateau Natural Park
Personalities
- Daniel Champavier (1866–1928), Bishop of Marseille (1923–1928)