Voissant

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Voissant
Voissant (France)
Voissant
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement La Tour-du-Pin
Canton Chartreuse-Guiers
Community association Pays Voironnais
Coordinates 45 ° 29 '  N , 5 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 29 '  N , 5 ° 43'  E
height 269-788 m
surface 3.88 km 2
Residents 226 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 58 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38620
INSEE code

Town Hall ( Mairie ) and Voissant School

Voissant is a French municipality with 226 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs administratively to the Arrondissement of La Tour-du-Pin and is part of the canton of Chartreuse-Guiers (until 2015: canton of Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine ). The inhabitants are called Voissignauds .

geography

Voissant is about 18 kilometers west-southwest of Chambéry . Voissant is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre in the north, Saint-Béron in the north-east, Miribel-les-Échelles in the east and south-east, Merlas in the south and south-west and Saint-Bueil in the west and south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 208 218 180 165 204 208 215 216
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • church
  • Old castle from the 16th / 17th centuries Century, since 1983 Monument historique
  • La Chanéaz Castle

Web links

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