Le Gua, Isère

The Champollion Museum (French: Musée Champollion) is a French historical museum located in Vif in the family home of the Champollion brothers. It presents the daily life of the discoverer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and that of his brother Jacques Joseph while they lived in Grenoble.The museum opened temporarily in 2004 during the ninth International Conference of Egyptology in Grenoble. It was then closed for renovation. It reopened on June 5, 2021. In February 2020, the museum was named a Musée de France by the Minister of Culture.The Louvre stores 85 Egyptian objects in this museum.

Vif (French pronunciation: [vif] ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.The town hosts the Champollion Museum, located in the former residence of the Champollion family. Closed for renovations, it reopened in June 2021.

Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də la klyz]; Occitan: Sant Martin de la Clusa) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Saint-Paul-de-Varces (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl də vaʁs], literally Saint-Paul of Varces; Arpitan: Sant-Pol) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.It is located 30 km southwest of Grenoble.

Notre-Dame-de-Commiers (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁ dam də kɔmje]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Varces-Allières-et-Risset (French pronunciation: [vaʁs aljɛʁ e ʁisɛ]; Arpitan: Varse-Aliéres-et-Riosèc) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration). It was created in 1955 by the merger of the former communes Varces and Allières-et-Risset.

Monteynard (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛnaʁ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

The Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet (Lake of Monteynard-Avignonet) is an artificial water reservoir for the Électricité de France (EDF) power station on the river Drac. It belongs to the department of Isère. It is bounded by the canyons of the Drac and Ebron. The lake was created in 1961, when the 145-metre-high dam was built. The lake is 10 kilometres long; in some places it is up to 300 metres wide. This lake is often windy and wavy. It is considered to be one of the best places for windsurfing and kitesurfing in Europe. It is also an important site for fishing, as it has a great variety of fish species. Swimming in the lake is permitted.The lake is bordered by the following municipalities: Avignonet, Cognet, Marcieu, Mayres-Savel, Monteynard, La Motte-Saint-Martin, Roissard, Saint-Arey, Sinard, Treffort.

Saint-Georges-de-Commiers (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ də kɔmje]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is situated 20 km south of Grenoble.

Claix (French pronunciation: [klɛ] ; Arpitan: Cllês) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).

Champ-sur-Drac (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃ syʁ dʁak]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Romanche and the Drac. Its population was 3,007 in 2017. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).

The Romanche (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmɑ̃ʃ] ) is a 78.3-kilometre (48.7 mi) long mountain river in southeastern France. It is a right tributary of the Drac, which is itself a tributary of the Isère. Its drainage basin is 1,221 km2 (471 sq mi). Its source is in the northern part of the Massif des Écrins, Dauphiné Alps. It flows into the Drac in Champ-sur-Drac, south of Grenoble. The road from Grenoble to Briançon over the Col du Lautaret runs through the Romanche valley. There are several mountain and ski resorts in the valley, including Alpe d'Huez, La Grave and Les Deux Alpes. The Romanche flows through the following departments and towns: Hautes-Alpes: La Grave Isère: Mont-de-Lans, Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Livet-et-Gavet, Vizille