Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
Commune
The church of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
The church of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
Location of Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
Map
(2020–2026)
Franck Girard[1]
Area
1
11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,103
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38433 /38250
Elevation863–1,897 m (2,831–6,224 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ nizje dy muʃʁɔt]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 207—    
1975 277+4.25%
1982 484+8.30%
1990 575+2.18%
1999 805+3.81%
2009 998+2.17%
2014 1,109+2.13%
2020 1,103−0.09%
Source: INSEE[4]

1968 Winter Olympics

The commune hosted the ski jumping individual large hill event for the 1968 Winter Olympics held in neighbouring Grenoble, on the Dauphine site on Le Moucherotte. Its hill had a calculation or K-point of 90 metres and was constructed between July 1966 and January 1967. During training, the longest jump reached was 112 metres. Final construction continued throughout the summer of 1967. During the 1968 Games, it seated 50,000 spectators.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ 1968 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 95-8. (in English and French)
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