Isère (Department, France)

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• Administrative data

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
  • Clickable map of France (departments)
• Isère (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Grenoble
• Vercors maquis (Second World War)

Administrative data

Code: 38
Region: Rhône-Alpes
Traditional provinces: Dauphiné
Bordering departments: Ain, Hautes-Alpes, Drôme, Rhône, Savoie

Area: 7,431 km²
Population (1995): 1,064,600 inhabitants

Préfecture: Grenoble
Sous-préfectures: La Tour-du-Pin, Vienne
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 57 cantons, 532 communes.

The department is named after the river Isère (290 km), tributary of.Rhône.