La Mure
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Commune of La Mure |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Isère |
Arrondissement | Grenoble |
Canton | La Mure (Chief town) |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Matheysine |
Mayor | Fabrice Marchiol (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 720 m–1,204 m (avg. 886 m) |
Land area¹ | 8 km² |
Population² (1999) |
5,190 |
- Density | 623/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 38269/ 38350 |
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
La Mure is a town and commune in the southern part of the Isère département in south-east France. It is located 35km south of Grenoble on the plateau Matheysin.
At the 1999 census, the population was 5,188 inhabitants.
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[edit] Neighbour Communes
[edit] Main sights
- The Chemin de fer de la Mure is a small touristic train using a railway initially built for the transportation of coal between Saint-Georges-de-Commiers and La Mure. The line was inaugurated on July 24th, 1888.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Sister city
[edit] Births
- Saint Pierre-Julien Eymard, Roman Catholic priest founder of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and canonized in 1962, is born in la Mure on February 4th 1811.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- La Mure official site in French
- Site of the plateau matheysin in French
- Site of the La Mure train and railway
- La Mure official tourism office in French