Varces-Allières-et-Risset (; frp, Varse-Aliéres-et-Riosèc) 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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.
[INSEE commune file]
/ref> 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).Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701)
INSEE It was created in 1955 by the merger of the former communes Varces and Allières-et-Risset.
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Population
The population data given in the table below for 1954 and earlier refer to the former commune of Varces.
See also
*Parc naturel régional du Vercors
The Vercors Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional du Vercors'') is a protected area of forested mountains in the Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.
Geography
Set upon a limestone plateau south of Grenoble, the park ext ...
References
Communes of Isère
Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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