Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte explained

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]

1968 Winter Olympics

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/38433-saint-nizier-du-moucherotte INSEE commune file
  3. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/or1968.pdf 1968 Winter Olympics official report.