Carrière Vicat de Creys-Mépieu

Carrière Vicat de Creys-Mépieu is a quarry in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Carrière Vicat de Creys-Mépieu is situated nearby to the quarry agrandissement, as well as near the nature reserve Réserve naturelle régionale des étangs de Mépieu.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Mépieu and Château de Lancin.

Église Saint-Pierre de Mépieu

Church

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Église Saint-Pierre de Mépieu is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Carrière Vicat de Creys-Mépieu.

Château de Lancin

Castle

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Château de Lancin is a castle, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Carrière Vicat de Creys-Mépieu.

Superphénix was a nuclear power station prototype on the Rhône river at Creys-Malville in France, close to the border with Switzerland. Superphénix was a 1,242 MWe fast breeder reactor with the twin goals of reprocessing nuclear fuel from France's line of conventional nuclear reactors, while also being an economical generator of power on its own. Superphénix is situated 3½ km east of Carrière Vicat de Creys-Mépieu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Creys-Mépieu and Arandon.

Creys-Mépieu

Village

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Creys-Mépieu is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Created by prefectural decree of August 11, 1994, Creys-Mépieu was made from the fusion of the communes of Creys-Pusignieu and Mépieu which had been associated since September 29, 1989.

Arandon

Village

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Arandon is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Arandon-Passins. Arandon is situated 4½ km south of Carrière Vicat de Creys-Mépieu.