Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage (; frp, Sant-Pierro-de-Mèsâjo) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Isère department in southeastern
France
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INSEE commune file
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Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage is located next to the mountain of Connex and between the Vercors and Taillefer. Near Vizille and Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
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, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
.
In 1946 an accident
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along the Rampe de Laffrey
The Rampe de Laffrey (sometimes called the descente de Laffrey or the côte de Laffrey) is a section of France's Route nationale 85, today called the ''Route Napoléon'', in the department of Isère between the communes of Laffrey and Vizille, ab ...
killed 18 near here.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Isère department
References
Communes of Isère
Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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