Vizille
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Isère | |
Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
Canton | Oisans-Romanche (main town) | |
Community association | Grenoble-Alpes metropolis | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 5 ' N , 5 ° 46' E | |
height | 268–1,016 m | |
surface | 10.51 km 2 | |
Residents | 7,361 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 700 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 38220 | |
INSEE code | 38562 | |
Website | www.ville-vizille.fr | |
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Vizille is a French municipality with 7361 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it is located to the right of the Romanche , belongs to the Arrondissement of Grenoble and is the administrative seat of the canton of Oisans-Romanche .
history
In ancient times , Vizille was a fortified city called Oppidum Antiquum . It was located at the Alpine crossing over the Col du Lautaret to Grenoble , for which the Romans often had to fight with the Allobrogians . The Roman fort was called Castra Vigiliae .
In the 10th century, Vizille belonged partially to the Cluny Abbey . The town's castle was purchased by François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières and rebuilt after he became Lieutenant General of the Dauphiné .
On July 21, 1788, after the Journée des Tuiles (June 7th), which marked the beginning of the French Revolution in the region, the Dauphiné deputies organized the Assemblée de Vizille , at which 50 priests, 165 nobles and 276 representatives met of the Third Estate (including Jean-Joseph Mounier and Antoine Barnave ) met. A memorial was erected in 1888 to commemorate this event.
Vizille is on the Route Napoléon (see Charles Angélique François Huchet de La Bédoyère ).
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year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2014 | 2015 |
Residents | 6,493 | 6,882 | 6,986 | 7.162 | 7.094 | 7,465 | 7,592 | 7,494 | 7,468 |
Attractions
- Musée de la Révolution française in Vizille Castle
- Vizille Castle
Town twinning
- Venaria Reale (Italy).
- Vöhringen (Germany).
Personalities
- Alain Carignon (* 1949), 1983–1995 Mayor of Grenoble and Minister of the Fifth Republic ( RPR ), born in Vizille
- Florence Masnada (* 1968), ski racer