Saint-Laurent-du-Pont explained

Saint-Laurent-du-Pont
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Saint-Laurent-du-Pont.svg
Arrondissement:	Grenoble
Canton:	Chartreuse-Guiers
Insee:	38412
Postal Code:	38380
Mayor:	Jean-Claude Sarter^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Cœur de Chartreuse
Coordinates:	45.3847°N 5.735°W
Elevation M:	400
Elevation Min M:	379
Elevation Max M:	1735
Area Km2:	35.20

Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ dy pɔ̃/) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[2] In 1970 it was the location of the Club Cinq-Sept fire, in which 146 people died.

Economy

There is a large cement works at Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, unusually inside a national park.

Twin towns — sister cities

Saint-Laurent-du-Pont is twinned with:

• Herdorf, Germany (1984)
• Berbenno, Italy (1985)

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/38412-saint-laurent-du-pont INSEE commune file