Fontaine (; ) is a commune in the

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.

department in southeastern

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. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701)
INSEE it is the third-largest

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of the city 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 is adjacent to it on the west.

Population

Twin towns — sister cities

Fontaine is twinned with: *

Schmalkalden Schmalkalden () is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in the southwest of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest at the Schmalkalde river, a tributary to the Werra. , the town had a popul ...

, Germany (1963) * Alpignano, Italy (1971) *

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, Italy (1991)

References

External links

Official website
(in French) Communes of Isère {{Grenoble-geo-stub

Population

Twin towns — sister cities

See also

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