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.
France
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Formula One
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René Arnoux
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. Chevalier de Bayard, the legendary "knight without fear and without reproach", was born at the
Château Bayard
The Château Bayard is a castle in the '' commune'' of Pontcharra in the ''département'' of Isère (Rhône-Alpes, France), and dominates the valley of Grésivaudan in the Dauphiné Alps.
Château Bayard has been listed as a ''monument historiq ...
Rovasenda
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, Italy, since 1973
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Communes of the Isère department
The following is a list of the 512 communes in the French department of Isère.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Château Bayard
The Château Bayard is a castle in the '' commune'' of Pontcharra in the ''département'' of Isère (Rhône-Alpes, France), and dominates the valley of Grésivaudan in the Dauphiné Alps.
Château Bayard has been listed as a ''monument historiq ...
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Avalon, France
Avalon is a village outside Pontcharra, Isère ''département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the ad ...