Saint-Hilaire, Isère

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Hilaire
région=Rhône-Alpes
département=Isère
arrondissement=Grenoble
canton=Le Touvet
insee=38395
cp=38660
maire=Pierre Boisselier
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du plateau des petites roches
longitude=05.88778
latitude=45.31028
alt moy= 1 000 m
alt mini=647 m
alt maxi=2 060 m | hectares=861
km²=9
sans=1 248
date-sans=1999

Saint-Hilaire (also known as "Saint-Hilaire du Touvet") is a commune of the Isère "département", in France. It is made up of the three smaller settlements of Saint-Hilaire, Les Margains and Les Gaudes, and its inhabitants are called the "Saint-Hilairois (Saint-Hilairoises)".Based on a translation of the article from the French Wikipedia.]

The commune is situated on the Plateau des Petites Roches, a natural balcony above the valley of the Isère River, on the east side of the Massif de la Chartreuse and overlooked by the peak of the Dent de Crolles.Based on a translation of the article from the French Wikipedia.]

Saint-Hilaire is linked to Montfort, situated on the road between Grenoble and Chambéry in the valley below, by the Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet. Until this was opened in 1924, the village was accessible only on foot, or by mule. The funicular was constructed principally to serve several sanatoria built at the same time to house tuberculosis patients.cite web | url = http://www.funimag.com/funimag17/StHilaire04.htm | title = Funiculaire Saint Hilaire du Touvet - History | publisher = Funimag | accessdate = February 15 | accessyear = 2007 ]

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