La Tour-du-Pin (; frp, La Tor-du-Pin) is a
subprefecture
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Albania
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of the
Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.[department
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in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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region
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in Southeastern
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.
INSEE commune file
/ref> In 2018, the commune
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had a population of 8,137.
Geography
The Bourbre
The Bourbre () is a long river in the Isère and Rhône departments in central eastern France. Its source is in Burcin. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Rhône, into which it flows at Chavanoz.
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flows west through the southern part of the commune and crosses the town. The town's lowest point is at and the highest at .
Chateau-tournin-isere.jpg, Château de Tournin
Gare de la Tour du Pin (38).JPG, La Tour-du-Pin station
Halles de La Tour-du-Pin.jpg, Halles
Vue de la Tour-du-Pin depuis l'église.jpg, General view
Sous-Préfecture de la Tour-du-Pin.jpg, Subprefecture building
Population and society
Education
There are three public nursery and elementary schools (École Jean Rostand
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, École Albert Thevenon
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, and École Louis Pasteur
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) and one private nursery and primary school, the École St Joseph.
There are also two public middle schools: the Collège Les Dauphins and the Collège Le Calloud, and one private middle school, the Collège St Bruno, there is one public high school too, the Lycée Élie Cartan
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, and one technical high school for learning of the horticulture.
Sport
There is a football club ( FCTC), a rugby club ( RCVT) and a basket-ball club ( BVT).
See also
*Communes of the Isère department
The following is a list of the 512 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, department of Isère.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
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Communes of Isère
Subprefectures in France
Dauphiné
Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia