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ISERE , a See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of S.E. See also:

France, formed in 1790 out of the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

PART

part of the old See also:

province of See also:

DAUPHINE

Dauphine. Pop. (1906) 562,315. It is bounded N. by the department of the See also:

Ain, E. by that of See also:

SAVOIE

Savoie, S. by those of the Hautes Alpes and the Dr6me and W. by those of the See also:

LOIRE

Loire and the See also:

Rhone. Its See also:

AREA

area is 3179 sq. m. (surpassed only by 7 other departments), while its greatest length is 93 M. and its greatest breadth 53 M. The See also:

RIVER

river Isere runs for nearly See also:

HALF

half its course through this department, to which it gives its name. The See also:

SOUTHERN

southern portion of the department is very mountainous, the loftiest See also:

SUMMIT

summit being the Pic See also:

Lory (13,396 ft.) in the extensive See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-clad Oisans See also:

GROUP

group (drained by the Drac and Romanche, two mighty See also:

mountain torrents), while See also:

minor See also:

groups are those of Belledonne, of Allevard, of the Grandes Rousses, of the Devoluy, of the Trieves, of the Royannais, of the Vercors and, slightly to the See also:

north of the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, that of the Grande See also:

Chartreuse. The northern portion of the department is composed of plateaux, See also:

low hills and plains, while on every See also:

side but the See also:

south it is bounded by the course of the Rhone. It forms the bishopric of See also:

GRENOBLE

Grenoble (dating from the 4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century), till 1790 in the ecclesiastical province of See also:

Vienne, and now in that of See also:

Lyons. The department is divided into four arrondissements (Grenoble, St Marcellin, La Tour du See also:

PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

Pin and Vienne), 45 cantons and 563 communes.

Its See also:

capital is Grenoble, while other important towns in it are the towns of Vienne, St Marcellin and La Tour du Pin. It is well supplied with See also:

RAILWAYS

railways (See also:

TOTAL

total length 342 m.), which give See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to See also:

Gap, to See also:

CHAMBERY

Chambery, to Lyons, to St See also:

RAMBERT, EUGENE (1830-1886)

Rambert and to See also:

VALENCE

Valence, while it also possesses many tramways (total length over 200 m.). It contains See also:

SILVER

silver, See also:

lead, See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron mines, as well as extensive See also:

SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate, See also:

stone and See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble quarries, besides several See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs (Allevard, Uriage and La Motte). The forests See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover much ground, while among the most flourishing See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are those of See also:

GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

glove making, See also:

CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement, See also:

SILK

silk See also:

WEAVING

weaving and See also:

paper making. The area devoted to See also:

agriculture (largely in the fertile valley of the Graisivaudan, or Isere, N.E. of Grenoble) is about 1211 sq. m. (W. A. B.

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