Voiron
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| Commune of Voiron | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 05°35'26" E |
| Latitude | 45°21'51" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Rhône-Alpes |
| Département | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Voiron |
| Intercommunality | Pays Voironnais |
| Mayor | Michel Brizard (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 222 m–846 m (avg. 290 m) |
| Land area¹ | 21.9 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
20,442 |
| - Density (1999) | 933/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38563/ 38500 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Voiron is a town and commune of France in the Isère département.
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[edit] History
Voiron long formed part of Savoy, but in 1355 was exchanged (with the rest of the region between the Rhône and the Isère, watered by the Guiers Mort) by the count with France for Faucigny and Gex.
Historical population:
- 1901: 12,625
[edit] Geography
Voiron stands at a height of 950 ft., on the Morge (a tributary of the Isère River).
[edit] Sights
The fine church of St Bruno was built 1864-1873 at the expense of the monks of the Grande Chartreuse. Voiron is the starting-point of the steam tramways to Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, 12 m. (for the Grande Chartreuse), and to Charavines, 105 m. (for the Lac de Paladru).
[edit] Economy
Voiron is a manufacturing town, and contains numerous factories which produce a sort of cloth named after the town, and also silk-weaving factories (2000 looms, with an annual output of eight to nine million yards). There are also paper-making factories in the town. Other companies: Rossignol, Radiall Connections, Antesite, Chartreuse liquor cellars. Another main company of Voiron is Allaman Cie which specialise in the manufacturing and transporting of petrol tanks. It was founded by Alphonse Allaman who died tragically during a workplace accident.
[edit] External links and references
- Voiron official website (in French)
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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