Voiron

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Voiron
Commune
Church of Saint-Bruno de Voiron
Coat of arms
Location of Voiron
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Coordinates: 45°21′51″N 5°35′26″E / 45.3642°N 5.5906°E / 45.3642; 5.5906
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Voiron
Intercommunality	Pays Voironnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Polat[1]
Area 1	21.9 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	20,891
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38563 /38500
Elevation	222–846 m (728–2,776 ft) (avg. 290 m or 950 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Voiron (French pronunciation: [vwaʁɔ̃]; Arpitan: Vouèron) is a commune (French municipality) in the ninth district of the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] It is the capital of the canton of Voiron and has been part of the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole since 2010. Voiron is located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grenoble and 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lyon. Its roughly 20,000 inhabitants are named Voironnais in French.

Voiron, along with Chambéry and Grenoble, is a gateway city of the Chartreuse Mountains in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.