Laffrey

Laffrey
Commune
Laffrey Lake
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°01′30″N 5°46′22″E / 45.0250°N 5.7729°E / 45.0250; 5.7729Coordinates: 45°01′30″N 5°46′22″E / 45.0250°N 5.7729°E / 45.0250; 5.7729
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Matheysine-Trièves
Intercommunality	Matheysine
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Hélène Perrin
Area 1	6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	457
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38203 /38220
Elevation	680–1,262 m (2,231–4,140 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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Laffrey pronounced /lafʁɛ/ is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

History[]

Napoleon passed through the village on March 7, 1815, during his return from Elba at the beginning of the Hundred Days. At a site in Laffrey now known as the "field of the encounter" (prairie de la Rencontre), Napoleon and the handful of troops accompanying him were met by a battalion of soldiers of the royal 5th Regiment of the Line, who had come to arrest him. Leaving behind his men, Napoleon presented himself to the soldiers and declared, "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am". The soldiers defected to his cause, crying Vive l'Empereur! ("Long live the Emperor!").^[2] An equestrian statue of Napoleon by Emmanuel Frémiet, installed on the field in 1930, commemorates this event.

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Isère department
• Rampe de Laffrey
• Grand lac de Laffrey
• Route Napoléon

References[]

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