Charavines is located in the department of Isère and the Rhone-Alps region.
The commune of Charavines is best known for the lake of Paladru: 6 km long, 1 km wide at maximum, 392 ha, 5th lake of France, 500 m of altitude and water at 25 ° in full summer.
One of the first human communities of Isère settled on its banks, 2,700 years BC (Neolithic village of Bathers).
Charavines is located 15 km from Voiron, a town of 21,000 inhabitants where you can visit the cellars of the Chartreuse, the Mainssieux museum and stroll through the pedestrian streets.
