Pontcharra (; frp, Pont-Charrâ) is a
commune
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in 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 southeastern
France
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.
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Population
Personalities
Pontcharra is the birthplace of former Formula One
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driver René Arnoux
René Alexandre Arnoux (; born 4 July 1948) is a French former racing driver who competed in 12 Formula One seasons (1978 to 1989). He participated in 165 World Championship Grands Prix (149 starts) winning seven of them, achieving 22 podium fi ...
. Chevalier de Bayard
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476 – 30 April 1524) was a French knight and military leader at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his ...
, the legendary "knight without fear and without reproach", was born at the Château Bayard
The Château Bayard is a castle in the ''commune'' of Pontcharra in the ''département'' of Isère (Rhône-Alpes, France), and dominates the valley of Grésivaudan in the Dauphiné Alps.
Château Bayard has been listed as a ''monument historique' ...
in Pontcharra.
Twin towns
Pontcharra is twinned with:
* Rovasenda
Rovasenda is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2020, it had a population of 9,025 and an area of .All demog ...
, Italy, since 1973
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):
* Château Bayard
The Château Bayard is a castle in the ''commune'' of Pontcharra in the ''département'' of Isère (Rhône-Alpes, France), and dominates the valley of Grésivaudan in the Dauphiné Alps.
Château Bayard has been listed as a ''monument historique' ...
* Avalon, France
References
External links
Official site
Communes of Isère
Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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