Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Haut-Grésivaudan | |
| Community association | Le Grésivaudan | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 23 ' N , 5 ° 57' E | |
| height | 238-863 m | |
| surface | 7.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,519 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 194 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38660 | |
| INSEE code | 38466 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-vincent-de-mercuze.com/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze |
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Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze is a French commune with 1,519 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 Haut-Grésivaudan (until 2015: Canton Le Touvet ). The inhabitants are called Rutissons .
geography
Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze is a municipality in Grésivaudan and is located in the Chartreuse Mountains . The Isère limits the municipality to the east. Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont in the north and west, La Flachère in the north, Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix in the north and northeast, La Cheylas in the east, Goncelin in the southeast, Le Touvet in the south and Saint-Bernard in the southwest.
The A41 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
From 1973 to 1984 the municipality was merged with the neighboring commune of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 447 | 433 | 572 | 802 | 1,060 | 1,360 | 1,383 | 1,476 | |
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Attractions
- church
- Montalieu Castle
- old ironworks from the 18th century, Monument historique
- Monument to Ernest Doudart de Lagrée
Personalities
- Ernest Doudart de Lagrée (1823–1868), explorer in China
