Isère
Americannoun
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a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
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a department in SE France. 3,180 sq. mi. (8,235 sq. km). Grenoble.
noun
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a department of SE France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Grenoble. Pop: 1 128 755 (2003 est). Area: 7904 sq km (3083 sq miles)
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a river in SE France, rising in the Graian Alps and flowing west and southwest to join the River Rhône near Valence. Length: 290 km (180 miles)
Example Sentences
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Sixty-four people had to be evacuated by helicopter after their village was cut off in Isère.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Leveugle was arrested in 2024 after visiting his brother in the Isère department around Grenoble, a city in south-eastern France.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Additional Champollion exhibits planned in the Isère department in the fall.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
But the Romans located their colonial capital in Vienne, in the department of Isère.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2016
Granite walls rose perpendicularly on our left; cottages nestled in gardens at our right—bloom, foliage, fragrance, the flowing Isère.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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