La Mure

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La Mure
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of La Mure
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Coordinates: 44°54′14″N 5°47′17″E / 44.9039°N 5.7881°E / 44.9039; 5.7881Coordinates: 44°54′14″N 5°47′17″E / 44.9039°N 5.7881°E / 44.9039; 5.7881
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Matheysine-Trièves
Intercommunality	La Matheysine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Bonnier
Area 1	8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	4,930
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38269 /38350
Elevation	720–1,204 m (2,362–3,950 ft) (avg. 886 m or 2,907 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Mure (French pronunciation: ​[la myʁ]) is a commune in the Isère département in southeastern France.

It is located 35 km (22 mi) south of Grenoble on the plateau Matheysin.

Population[]

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 24 July 1888.
• The Arboretum de Combe Noire is a nearby arboretum created by teachers and staff

Personalities[]

• Saint Pierre-Julien Eymard, Roman Catholic priest founder of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and canonized in 1962, was born in la Mure on 4 February 1811.

Neighbouring communes[]

• Prunières
• Sousville
• Susville
• Ponsonnas
• Pierre-Châtel
• Saint-Honoré

International relations[]

La Mure is twinned with Marktredwitz, Germany.

See also[]

Le château de Beaumont

• Communes of the Isère department
• Route Napoléon

References[]

• INSEE statistics

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Mure.

• 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

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