Isère
Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.
in southeastern France.
Geography
Corps is a small town in the south of France. Located in the Beaumont region in the Southern Alps, on the borders on the frontier between the départments of
Isère
Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.
and
Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes (; ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population ...
. It is located 40 km north of Gap, 65 km south of
Grenoble
Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...
and 220 km to the north of
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...
.
The village of Corps is surrounded by high mountains, including the Obiou in the
Dévoluy massif
Dévoluy is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2013, of the four commu ...
which overlooks the magnificent Sautet lake.
The village is at the start of the road which leads to the
Marian Sanctuary of La Salette
Marian may refer to:
People
* Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name
* Marian (surname), a list of people so named
Places
* Marian, Iran (disambiguation)
* Marian, Queensland, a town in Australia
* Marian, a village in toe co ...
, place of pilgrimage where
Our Lady of La Salette
Our Lady of La Salette () is a Marian apparition reported by two French children, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, to have occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, in 1846.
On 19 September 1851, the local bishop formally approved the p ...
would have appeared to two small shepherds from Corps,
Mélanie Calvat
Françoise Mélanie Calvat (, 7 November 183114 December 1904), religious name ''Mary of the Cross'', was a French religious sister in the Roman Catholic church. She and Maximin Giraud were the two seers of Our Lady of La Salette.
Early life
Ca ...
and
Maximin Giraud
Pierre Maximin Giraud (26 August 1835 – 1 March 1875) was a French man known for his Marian apparition, Marian visionary of Our Lady of La Salette.
Early life
Maximin Giraud was born on 26 August 1835, in Corps, Isère, Corps, Isère. His ...
Plouëc-du-Trieux
Plouëc-du-Trieux (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Plouëc-du-Trieux are called ''plouëcois'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department ...
, France
See also
*
Our Lady of La Salette
Our Lady of La Salette () is a Marian apparition reported by two French children, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, to have occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, in 1846.
On 19 September 1851, the local bishop formally approved the p ...
*
Mélanie Calvat
Françoise Mélanie Calvat (, 7 November 183114 December 1904), religious name ''Mary of the Cross'', was a French religious sister in the Roman Catholic church. She and Maximin Giraud were the two seers of Our Lady of La Salette.
Early life
Ca ...
*
Maximin Giraud
Pierre Maximin Giraud (26 August 1835 – 1 March 1875) was a French man known for his Marian apparition, Marian visionary of Our Lady of La Salette.
Early life
Maximin Giraud was born on 26 August 1835, in Corps, Isère, Corps, Isère. His ...
*
Route Napoléon
The Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoleon I in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now concurrent with sections of routes N85, D1085, D4085, and D6085.
The route begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon disembarked on 1 March 1815, begin ...