Saint-Hilaire, Isère
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Part of Plateau-des-Petites-Roches in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Hilaire
45°18′37″N 5°53′16″E / 45.3103°N 05.8878°E / 45.3103; 05.8878
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(2021)[1]
38660
(avg. 1,000 m or 3,300 ft)
Saint-Hilaire (pronunciationⓘ), also known as Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ilɛːʁ dy tuvɛ]), is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
On 1 January 2019, Saint-Hilaire was merged into the new commune of Plateau-des-Petites-Roches, alongside Saint-Bernard and Saint-Pancrasse.[2] The commune was made up of the three smaller settlements of Saint-Hilaire, Les Margains and Les Gaudes; its town hall became that of the new commune. Its inhabitants are known in French as the Saint-Hilairois (masculine) and Saint-Hilairoises (feminine).[3]
It is situated on the Plateau des Petites Roches, a natural balcony above the valley of the Isère, on the east side of the Massif de la Chartreuse and overlooked by the peak of the Dent de Crolles.
Funicular
The settlement of 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 commune 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 and bus line have long since been opened. On 29 December 2021, violent rainfall on water-saturated soil combined with rapid melting of the snowpack caused the Montfort stream to overflow its banks, seriously damaging the tracks and the funicular's downstream station, which were covered with several meters of gravel. As a result, the Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet was closed.
Demographics
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral, 18 December 2018 (in French).
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 38 - Isère, habitants.fr
- ^ "Funiculaire Saint Hilaire du Touvet - History". Funimag. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Hilaire, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Populations légales 2015, INSEE
External links
- Non-official page about Saint-Hilaire
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