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Miribel-Lanchâtre | |
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 Miribel-Lanchâtre at the start of the 20th century | |
 Location of Miribel-Lanchâtre | |
  Miribel-Lanchâtre  Miribel-Lanchâtre | |
| Coordinates:44°58′32″N5°37′16″E / 44.9756°N 5.6211°E /44.9756; 5.6211 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Matheysine-Trièves |
| Intercommunality | Grenoble-Alpes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Michel Gauthier[1] |
Area 1 | 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 450 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38235 /38450 |
| Elevation | 423–1,509 m (1,388–4,951 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Miribel-Lanchâtre (French pronunciation:[miʁibɛllɑ̃ʃatʁ];Occitan:Mirabèu e L'Enchastre) is acommune in theIsèredepartment in south-easternFrance.[3]
It is located about 30 km (19 mi) south ofGrenoble exposed on the south-east slopes of the Vercors balcony, stretching over severalhamlets in the canton ofMonestier de Clermont. The main village is Lanchâtre with its church, castle, town-hall, primary school and typical buildings from an old village. The hamlet Le Vernay lies 3 km (1.9 mi) uphill a mountain road and offers a nice lookout at the cross. There is an ancient farm still working with most modest methods and always worth a visit. Miribel-Lanchâtre is the starting point of many walking tracks in the lower Vercors with splendid views over theTrièves landscape bordered by theObiou massif at the opposite end about 50 km (31 mi) away.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 72 | — |
| 1975 | 75 | +0.58% |
| 1982 | 193 | +14.46% |
| 1990 | 217 | +1.48% |
| 1999 | 251 | +1.63% |
| 2009 | 373 | +4.04% |
| 2014 | 394 | +1.10% |
| 2020 | 454 | +2.39% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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