Gières

Gières
Commune
Grenoble-Universités train station
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°10′58″N 5°47′33″E / 45.1828°N 5.7925°E / 45.1828; 5.7925Coordinates: 45°10′58″N 5°47′33″E / 45.1828°N 5.7925°E / 45.1828; 5.7925
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Verri
Area 1	6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	6,956
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38179 /38610
Elevation	205–660 m (673–2,165 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Gières (French pronunciation: ​[ʒjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The archaeologist Joseph Chamonard (1866–1936) died in Gières.

Population[]

Twin towns[]

Gières is twinned with:

• Vignate, Italy, since 1980
• Independencia, Peru, since 1989 ^[2]
• Certeze, Romania, since 1990
• Bethlehem, Palestine, since 1996

See also[]

• Urban unit of Grenoble
• Gare de Grenoble-Universités-Gières
• Communes of the Isère department

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