Sassenage

Sassenage
Sassenage
Commune
	St Pierre church in the centre of the village, at the foot of the Vercors massif
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sassenage
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	Coordinates: 45°12′21″N 5°39′56″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Fontaine-Vercors
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Michel Vendra
Area 1	13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population (2023)	11,646
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38474 /38360
Elevation	199–1,649 m (653–5,410 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sassenage (French pronunciation: [sasnaʒ]; Arpitan: Sassenâjo) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France, lying in the north-west of the Grenoble urban area^[3] (and administratively within the boundaries of the Grenoble-Alpes metropolitan authority).^[4] Its historic centre is on the valley floor at the foot of a large cliff face, with housing also stretching up the lower slopes of the Vercors massif and more recent developments towards Fontaine and the Drac river.