Voiron
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Key Takeaways
- Voiron ( French pronunciation: [vwaʁˈɔ̃] ; Arpitan: Vouèron ) is a commune (French municipality) in the Isère department in southeastern France.
- Voiron is located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grenoble and 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lyon.
- Voiron, along with Chambéry and Grenoble, is a gateway city of the Chartreuse Mountains in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
- In the Treaty of Paris (1355) the count exchanged Voiron and the rest of the region between the rivers Rhône and Isère (watered by the Guiers Mort) for Faucigny and Gex from France.
- Since the beginning of the century, production had been organized around the Voironnaise factory and canvases were marked to certify their origin.
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WikipediaVoiron (French pronunciation: [vwaʁˈɔ̃]; Arpitan: Vouèron) is a commune (French municipality) in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is the capital of the canton of Voiron and has been part of the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole since 2010. Voiron is located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grenoble and 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lyon. Its roughly 20,000 inhabitants are named Voironnais in French.
Voiron, along with Chambéry and Grenoble, is a gateway city of the Chartreuse Mountains in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Voiron had been a part of the County of Savoy in the Middle Ages. In the Treaty of Paris (1355) the count exchanged Voiron and the rest of the region between the rivers Rhône and Isère (watered by the Guiers Mort) for Faucigny and Gex from France.
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