ISERE (38)
County of Rhône-Alpes
7474 Km2
About 940 000 inhabitants
Chief town : Grenoble
Sub-prefectures: la Tour de Pin et Vienne.
The authenticity and the variety are values which exist all year long in this county. Settled between the Alps mountains and the River Rhône, plains and Dauphiné Hills, craftmenship and high technologies, past and future, the ferment of nature is organised around tradition and tourist knw-how.
Grenoble, the sprowling town, the French Alps capital grows as well as its access network : two airports, a TGV railway station and a modern road system relevant descriptive signs.
The city gained its fame thanks to the Olympic Games which took place in 1968.
The county, part of the Dauphiné area, spreads to the Alps mountains (Grande Chartreuse, Vercors, Massives of Belledone and Oisans, Devoluy and Pelboux).
One foot in the mountains, one in the Drac Valley, Romanche and Isere Valley, the county presents a large view of its heritage (St-Marcellin, Saint Chef Abbay, Vienne and its Jazz Festival, the Balme Cave, the Hanging Houses of Pont en Royans).
Offering its treasures, the Isere County will satisfy your interest and curiosity.