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Autrans | |
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Part of Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors | |
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  Autrans  Autrans | |
| Coordinates: 45°10′34″N 5°32′31″E / 45.176°N 5.542°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Fontaine-Vercors |
| Commune | Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors |
Area 1 | 44 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,527 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 38880 |
| Elevation | 1,005–1,711 m (3,297–5,614 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Autrans (French pronunciation: [otʁɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Isère department in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors.[2]
At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, it hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and the ski jumping normal hill events.[3]
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[4]
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 20 November 2015
- ^ 1968 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 85-95. (in English and French)
- ^ Autrans in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)