Auris, Isère

Auris (French pronunciation: [oʁis]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

The commune is rugged with alpine terrain and a large forest to the west of the village (La Forêt).

[3] The Romanche river forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to the Barrage du Clapier – an artificial lake on the southern border of the commune – then continues west then north to eventually join the Drac at Jarrie.

The Venéon river flows from the south through the south-western extension of the commune to join the Romanche there.

List of Successive Mayors[4] The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurienchons or Aurienchonnes in French.

Auris-en-Oisans Ski station in Summer
Auris-en-Oisans from the Sures ski lift
Auris from the slopes