Saint-Vérand (Isère)

Saint-Vérand
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Sud Grésivaudan
Community association	Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté
Coordinates	45 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E
height	276-480 m
surface	17.83 km 2
Residents	1,721 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	97 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	38160
INSEE code	38463
Website	http://www.saint-verand.fr/

Saint-Vérand is a French commune with 1,721 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 Saint-Marcellin ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Vérannais .

geography

Saint-Vérand is located about 31 kilometers west of Grenoble on the Cumane River in the historic Dauphiné landscape . Saint-Vérand is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Murinais in the north and north-west, Varacieux in the north, Vinay in the north-east, Beaulieu in the east and north-east, Têche in the east, Saint-Sauveur in the south and south-east, Saint-Marcellin in the south and south-west and Chevrières in the West.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	886	839	1,044	1,251	1,348	1,441	1,730	1,770

Attractions

so-called Quincivet Castle

• Quincivet Castle, fortified house from the 15th century, partly historic monument since 1980
• Ruins of the former Borchenu fortified house

Personalities

• Jacques Aymar-Vernay (born around 1662, date of death unknown), stonemason and dowser

Web links

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