Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Le Sud Grésivaudan | |
| Community association | Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 7 ' N , 5 ° 22' E | |
| height | 170-1,400 m | |
| surface | 12.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 464 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38160 | |
| INSEE code | 38443 | |
| Website | www.st-pierre-de-cherennes.sud-gresivaudan.org | |
Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes is a French municipality with 464 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 the canton of Le Sud Grésivaudan (until 2015: canton of Pont-en-Royans ).
geography
Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes is located about 29 kilometers west-southwest of Grenoble on the Isère , which forms the western municipal boundary. The municipality belongs to the Vercors Regional Nature Park . Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Izeron in the north, Rencurel in the east, Presles in the south, Beauvoir-en-Royans in the south and southwest and Saint-Sauveur in the west.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 223 | 200 | 182 | 235 | 278 | 355 | 448 | 464 |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
Trivia
On December 23, 1995, a cell of the Sun Temple sect committed a suicide massacre here on a plateau, in which 16 people, including three children, were killed. 11 people (including the children) were shot and then set on fire. Eventually the two perpetrators killed themselves.
