Saint-Hilaire, Isère

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Saint-Hilaire
Part of Plateau-des-Petites-Roches
Funicular railroad
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°18′37″N 5°53′16″E / 45.3103°N 05.8878°E / 45.3103; 05.8878Coordinates: 45°18′37″N 5°53′16″E / 45.3103°N 05.8878°E / 45.3103; 05.8878
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Moyen Grésivaudan
Commune	Plateau-des-Petites-Roches
Area 1	9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	1,326
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38660
Elevation	647–2,060 m (2,123–6,759 ft) (avg. 1,000 m or 3,300 ft)
Website	https://sainthilairedutouvet.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Hilaire, also known as Saint-Hilaire du Touvet (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃t‿ilɛːʁ dy tuvɛ]), is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Plateau-des-Petites-Roches.^[2]

It is made up of the three smaller settlements of Saint-Hilaire, Les Margains and Les Gaudes, and its inhabitants are called the Saint-Hilairois (Saint-Hilairoises).^{[3][citation needed]}

The commune is situated on the , a natural balcony above the valley of the Isère River, on the east side of the Massif de la Chartreuse and overlooked by the peak of the Dent de Crolles.^[3]

Saint-Hilaire is linked to Montfort, situated on the road between Grenoble and Chambéry in the valley below, by the Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet. Until this was opened in 1924, the village was accessible only on foot, or by mule. The funicular was constructed principally to serve several sanatoriums built at the same time to house tuberculosis patients.^[4] A road has long since been opened, and the funicular is now used mostly by tourists and paragliders.

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See also[]

• Communes of the Isère department

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