Pontcharra | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Pontcharra 38.svg |
Arrondissement: | Grenoble |
Canton: | Le Haut-Grésivaudan |
Insee: | 38314 |
Postal Code: | 38530 |
Mayor: | Christophe Borg[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Le Grésivaudan |
Coordinates: | 45.4327°N 6.0201°W |
Elevation Min M: | 244 |
Elevation Max M: | 1217 |
Area Km2: | 16 |
Pontcharra (in French pronounced as /pɔ̃ʃaʁa/; Pont-Charrâ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[2]
Pontcharra is the birthplace of former Formula One driver René Arnoux. Chevalier de Bayard, the legendary "knight without fear and without reproach", was born at the Château Bayard in Pontcharra.
Pontcharra is twinned with: