Saint-Hilaire du Touvet is a commune 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. It is linked to Montfort, situated on the road between Grenoble and Chambéry in the valley below, by a funiculaire. Until this was opened in 1924, the village was accessible only on foot, or by mule.
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