| Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Grenoble |
| Canton: | Fontaine-Vercors |
| Insee: | 38433 |
| Postal Code: | 38250 |
| Mayor: | Franck Girard[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Massif du Vercors |
| Coordinates: | 45.1719°N 5.6311°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 863 |
| Elevation Max M: | 1897 |
| Area Km2: | 11 |
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ nizje dy muʃʁɔt/) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.[2]
The commune hosted the ski jumping individual large hill event for the 1968 Winter Olympics held in neighbouring Grenoble, on the Dauphine site on Le Moucherotte. Its hill had a calculation or K-point of 90 metres and was constructed between July 1966 and January 1967. During training, the longest jump reached was 112 metres. Final construction continued throughout the summer of 1967. During the 1968 Games, it seated 50,000 spectators.[3]