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Isère

French department
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Summary

Isère is a department of France[1]. Isère draws 3,246 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #35 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[3], France[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Head of government: Jean-Pierre Barbier[6]
  • Capital: Grenoble[7]
  • Shares border with: Ain[8], Ardèche[9], Drôme[10], Hautes-Alpes[11], Rhône[12], Loire[13], Savoie[14], Metropolis of Lyon[15]
  • Named after: Isère[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Grenoble[17], arrondissement of la Tour-du-Pin[18], arrondissement of Vienne[19], Bron[20], La Valette[21], Toussieu[22], L'Isle-d'Abeau[23]
  • Commons category: Isère (department)[24]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[25], UTC+02:00[26]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[27]
  • Highest point: Pic Lory[28]
  • Official website: https://www.isere.gouv.fr/[29], https://www.isere.fr/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Isère[31]
  • Commons gallery: Isère[32]
  • Population: 1,243,597[33], 1,251,060[34], 1,258,722[35], 1,263,563[36], 1,271,166[37], 1,277,513[38], 1,284,948[39], 1,291,380[40], 1,298,990[41]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Isère[42]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[43]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44]
  • Official name: Isère[45]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de l'Isère[46]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Isère[47]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Isère[48]
  • Native label: Isère[49], Isèra[50], Isera[51]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Isère include Grenoble-Isère Airport[52], an airport[53], in France[54].

Why It Matters

Isère has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Isère is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for Isère include Grenoble-Isère Airport[52], an airport[53], in France[54].

Related Entities

Agnin Allevard Apprieu Beaucroissant Beaufort Beaulieu Beaurepaire Biviers Bourgoin-Jallieu Bressieux Bresson Bron Cessieu Chamagnieu Champagnier Champ-sur-Drac Chanas Chantesse Charancieu Charantonnay Charvieu-Chavagneux Décines-Charpieu Domène Échirolles Fontaine France Isère La Balme-les-Grottes La Côte-Saint-André L'Albenc

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Grenoble, arrondissement of la Tour-du-Pin, arrondissement of Vienne +29
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
  2. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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