Corps, Isère

Corps (French pronunciation: [kɔʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the department of Isère in southeastern France.

Corps
Commune
The Rue des Fossés in Corps
Coat of arms
Location of Corps
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Coordinates: 44°49′10″N 5°56′51″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Matheysine-Trièves
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Mulyk[1]
Area 1	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	424
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38128 /38970
Elevation	639–1,840 m (2,096–6,037 ft) (avg. 937 m or 3,074 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Corps is a small town in the south of France. Located in the Beaumont region in the Southern Alps, on the borders on the frontier between the départments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes. It is located 40 km north of Gap, 65 km south of Grenoble and 220 km to the north of Marseille.

The village of Corps is surrounded by high mountains, including the Obiou in the Dévoluy massif which overlooks the magnificent Sautet lake.

The village is at the start of the road which leads to the Marian Sanctuary of La Salette, place of pilgrimage where Our Lady of La Salette would have appeared to two small shepherds from Corps, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	556	—
1975	465	−2.52%
1982	505	+1.19%
1990	512	+0.17%
1999	453	−1.35%
2007	456	+0.08%
2012	517	+2.54%
2017	486	−1.23%
Source: INSEE[3]

Its inhabitants are called the Corpatus.

Twin towns

Corps is twinned with:

• Plouëc-du-Trieux, France

See also

• Our Lady of La Salette
• Mélanie Calvat
• Maximin Giraud
• Route Napoléon
• Communes of the Isère department