Valbonnais
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Matheysine-Trièves | |
| Community association | Matheysine | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 54 ' N , 5 ° 54' E | |
| height | 672–2,544 m | |
| surface | 23.95 km 2 | |
| Residents | 495 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38740 | |
| INSEE code | 38518 | |
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Valbonnais is a French municipality with 495 inhabitants (at 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 Matheysine-Trièves . The place is named after the river Bonne , in whose valley Valbonnais, formerly Vallis bonnesii , lies.
Population development
- 1962: 597
- 1968: 521
- 1975: 431
- 1982: 434
- 1990: 486
- 1999: 440
From 1962 only residents with primary residence
Personalities
- Jacques Champollion, * 1744 in the hamlet of La Roche, father of Jean-François Champollion and Jacques-Joseph Champollion . He left Valbonnais in 1770 and settled in Figeac .
- Jean-Pierre Moret de Bourchenu , Marquis de Valbonnais, Magistrate of the Dauphinée, President of the Court of Auditors, historian
Web links
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