Gières () is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the
Grenoble urban unit The urban unit of Grenoble (french: unité urbaine de Grenoble) is a French urban unit centred on the city of Grenoble. An urban unit is a contiguously built-up area with at least 2,000 inhabitants, according to the definition by the French statisti ...
(agglomeration). The archaeologist
Joseph Chamonard (1866–1936) died in Gières.
Grenoble-Universités-Gières station has rail connections to Grenoble, Chambéry and Valence.
Population
Twin towns
Gières is
twinned with:
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Vignate
Vignate ( lmo, Vignaa ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan.
Vignate borders the following municipalities: Cernusco sul Naviglio, Cassina de' Pecchi, Melzo, ...
, Italy, since 1980
*
Independencia, Peru, since 1989
*
Certeze
Certeze (german: Neudorf; hu, Avasújfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune of 5,560 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, E ...
, Romania, since 1990
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...
, Palestine, since 1996
See also
*
Communes of the Isère department
References
External links
Official site
Communes of Isère
Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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