Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
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A view of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, with the mountain of Chamechaude in the background
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 Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
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| Coordinates: 45°20′36″N 5°48′58″E / 45.3433°N 5.8161°ECoordinates: 45°20′36″N 5°48′58″E / 45.3433°N 5.8161°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Chartreuse-Guiers | |
| Intercommunality | Cœur de Chartreuse | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Yves Guerpillon | |
| Area1 | 80.12 km2 (30.93 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)2 | 1,003 | |
| • Density | 13/km2 (32/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38442 /38380 | |
| Elevation | 640–2,079 m (2,100–6,821 ft) (avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, to the north of the city of Grenoble.
The Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusian order is located in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse.
The town is located in the heart of the Chartreuse Mountains 25 kilometers north of Grenoble.
In the Middle Ages the village was called Calma Trossa (meadow tucked plowed or cleared), which turned into Charme Trousse and then Chartrousse. When St. Bruno and his six companions settled near Chartrousse in June 1084 on the indication of Bishop Hugues de Grenoble, they took the name of the nearby village, and Latinized it in Cartusia. Chartreuse is the product of a mixture of Latin and Dauphinois.
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse has lived of agriculture for a long time, like all mountain townships, and also of the wood trade, the forest being composed primarily of conifers. In the early twentieth century, tourism took an important place, including the construction of the 'Grand Som' high-end hotel that hosted famous guests including Queen Victoria of England for example.
The village was rated weather resort in the 1930s and people came here to recharge, visit the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse (which was open to the public between 1903, date of the expulsion of the monks, until 1940 date of their return from Italy).
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