Corps, Isère

Corps is a commune in the department of Isère in southeastern France.

Corps
Commune
The Rue des Fossés in Corps
Coat of arms
Location of Corps
Corps
Corps
Coordinates: 44°49′10″N 5°56′51″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonMatheysine-Trièves
IntercommunalityPays de Corps
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Fabien Mulyk
Area
1
11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
486
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38128 /38970
Elevation639–1,840 m (2,096–6,037 ft)
(avg. 937 m or 3,074 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Its inhabitants are called the Corpatus.

Geography

Corps is a small town in the south of France. Located in the Beaumont region in the Southern Alps, on the borders on the frontier between the départments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes. It is located 40 km north of Gap, 65 km south of Grenoble and 220 km to the north of Marseille.

The village of Corps is surrounded by high mountains, including the Obiou in the Dévoluy massif which overlooks the magnificent Sautet lake.

The village is at the start of the road which leads to the Marian Sanctuary of La Salette, place of pilgrimage where the Virgin of La Salette would have appeared to two small corpatus shepherds, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793935—    
18061,238+32.4%
18211,128−8.9%
18311,441+27.7%
18411,386−3.8%
18511,350−2.6%
18611,335−1.1%
18721,306−2.2%
18811,356+3.8%
18911,226−9.6%
19011,104−10.0%
1911942−14.7%
1921737−21.8%
1931899+22.0%
19461,128+25.5%
1954687−39.1%
1962608−11.5%
1968556−8.6%
1975465−16.4%
1982505+8.6%
1990512+1.4%
1999453−11.5%
2005456+0.7%
2010511+12.1%
2015478−6.5%

Twin towns

Corps is twinned with:

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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