Corps | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Corps.svg |
Arrondissement: | Grenoble |
Canton: | Matheysine-Trièves |
Insee: | 38128 |
Postal Code: | 38970 |
Mayor: | Fabien Mulyk[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 44.8194°N 5.9475°W |
Elevation M: | 937 |
Elevation Min M: | 639 |
Elevation Max M: | 1840 |
Area Km2: | 11 |
Corps (in French pronounced as /kɔʁ/) is a commune in the department of Isère in southeastern France.
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 Our Lady of La Salette would have appeared to two small shepherds from Corps, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud.
Its inhabitants are called the Corpatus.
Corps is twinned with: