Beaucroissant
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Beaucroissant during the foire de Beaucroissant event, in 2007
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 Beaucroissant
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Beaucroissant
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| Coordinates: 45°20′29″N 5°28′15″E / 45.3414°N 5.4708°ECoordinates: 45°20′29″N 5°28′15″E / 45.3414°N 5.4708°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Tullins | |
| Intercommunality | Bièvre Est | |
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| • Mayor (2011–2020) | Georges Sivet | |
| Area1 | 11.18 km2 (4.32 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 1,522 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38030 /38140 | |
| Elevation | 332–753 m (1,089–2,470 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Beaucroissant is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Manants or Manantes.
Beaucroissant is located some 32 km south by south-east of Bourgoin-Jallieu and 25 km north-west of Grenoble. Access to the commune is by the D1085 road from La Frette in the north-west which passes through the commune just north of the village and continues east to Moirans. The D519 comes from Izeaux in the west and passes through the commune turning north to join the A48 autoroute at Exit 
9 . A railway from Le Grand-Lemps passes through the commune with a station in the village and continues north-east to Rives. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Le Mollard. Apart from the large urban area of the village and Le Mollard the commune is mainly farmland.
Beaucroissant appears as Beaucroißant on the 1750 Cassini Map and as Beaucroissant on the 1790 version.
The commune is famous for its annual fair which has continued since 1219 due to the pilgrimage of Our Lady of Parménie. The history of the village and the Fair is linked with the Parménie hill that dominates the commune with its 749-metre altitude.
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