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Voiron
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| Commune of Voiron | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 05°35'26" E |
| Latitude | 45°21'51" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Voiron |
| Intercommunality | Pays Voironnais |
| Mayor | Michel Brizard (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 222 m–846 m (avg. 290 m) |
| Land area¹ | 21.9 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
20,442 |
| - Density (1999) | 933/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38563/ 38500 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Voiron is a town and commune of France in the Isère département.
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Voiron long formed part of Savoy, but in 1355 was exchanged (with the rest of the region between the Rhône and the Isère, watered by the Guiers Mort) by the count with France for Faucigny and Gex.
Historical population:
- 1901: 12,625
Voiron stands at a height of 950 ft., on the Morge (a tributary of the Isère River).
The fine church of St Bruno was built 1864-1873 at the expense of the monks of the Grande Chartreuse. Voiron is the starting-point of the steam tramways to Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, 12 m. (for the Grande Chartreuse), and to Charavines, 105 m. (for the Lac de Paladru).
Voiron is a manufacturing town, and it contains numerous factories. Some produce a cloth named after the town, and there are also silk-weaving factories (2000 looms, with an annual output of eight to nine million yards). There are also paper-making factories in the town. Other companies: Rossignol, Radiall Connections, Antesite, Chartreuse liquor cellars. Another main company of Voiron is Allaman Cie, which specialises in the manufacturing and transporting of petrol tanks. It was founded by Alphonse Allaman, who died in a workplace accident.
- Voiron official website (in French)
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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