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
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
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
By road: By motorway (A48) or the Départemental Road, the D1085, between Lyon and Grenoble
By train: The TER Lyon Perrache/Saint André le Gaz/Grenoble line. Rives station is a terminus for some TER suburban trains of the Grenoble Metro
By plane: Saint Étienne de Saint Geoirs' airport (code GNB) is 15 kilometres away from Rives (20 minutes by car.)
Transport
Pays Voironnais network
* The bus line n°10 goes from the railstation to the down-town (route de la Liampre)
* The bus line J stops at Rives
* Some buses of the line M stops at Rives
Transisère network
* The bus line 7300 (Beaurepaire-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".
* Some buses of the line 2900 (Vienne-Grenoble) stops at the station "Rives le plan".
Personalities
*
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
spent a night in Rives, on his return from
Elba
Elba ( it, isola d'Elba, ; la, Ilva) is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino on the Italian mainland, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago. It is also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National ...
, in a building that is now a bank. A plaque commemorates the visit.
* Luc Court, motor-car builder was born here in 1862.
*
Jérémy Clément
Jérémy Clément (born 26 August 1984) is a French professional football manager and former player. Playing as a midfielder, he spent most of his career with two clubs, Paris Saint-Germain and Saint-Étienne.
Playing career
Though born in B ...
,
football
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er of
Paris Saint-Germain
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was originally from Rives.
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Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée (born 9 August 1974) is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1995 to 2007. With his 44 World Cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.
Sports career
Poi ...
,
biathlete
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was born here.
International relations
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Forlì del Sannio
Forlì del Sannio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso and about northwest of Isernia
Isernia () or, in Pliny and later writers, ''Eserninus'', or in the ...
, Italy
* Refojos de Basto, Portugal
See also
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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):