Torchefelon

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Torchefelon
Torchefelon (France)
Torchefelon
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement La Tour-du-Pin
Canton La Tour-du-Pin
Community association Les Vals du Dauphiné
Coordinates 45 ° 31 '  N , 5 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 31 '  N , 5 ° 24'  E
height 378-589 m
surface 8.68 km 2
Residents 739 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 85 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38690
INSEE code
Website http://www.torchefelon.fr/

Torchefelon is a French municipality with 739 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . La Chapelle-de-la-Tour belongs to the Arrondissement of La Tour-du-Pin and the Canton of La Tour-du-Pin .

geography

Torchefelon is about 60 kilometers southeast of Lyon . Torchefelon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu in the north and north-west, Sainte-Blandine in the north-east, Montagnieu in the east, Doissin in the south-east, Biol in the south and south-west and Succieu in the west.

The A48 autoroute runs through the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
367 348 311 346 390 449 546 675
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Georges church
  • Saint-Roch chapel in the Le Molard district
  • Saint-Georges-du-Mont chapel
  • Ponteray castle ruins
  • Fortified houses in La Murette, Saint-Roch and Saint-Georges-du-Mont, each from the 16th century

Web links

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