Sassenage | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Sassenage.svg |
Arrondissement: | Grenoble |
Canton: | Fontaine-Vercors |
Insee: | 38474 |
Postal Code: | 38360 |
Mayor: | Michel Vendra[1] |
Term: | 2023 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Grenoble-Alpes Métropole |
Coordinates: | 45.2058°N 5.6656°W |
Elevation Min M: | 199 |
Elevation Max M: | 1649 |
Area Km2: | 13 |
Sassenage (in French pronounced as /sasnaʒ/; Sassenâjo) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France, lying in the north-west of the Grenoble urban area[2] (and administratively within the boundaries of the Grenoble-Alpes metropolitan authority).[3] Its historic centre is on the valley floor at the foot of a large cliff face, with housing also stretching up the lower slopes of the Vercors massif and more recent developments towards Fontaine and the Drac river.
Sassenage is twinned with: