Pontcharra (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ʃaʁa]; Arpitan: Pont-Charrâ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

[3] Pontcharra is the birthplace of former Formula One driver René Arnoux.

Chevalier de Bayard, the legendary "knight without fear and without reproach", was born at the Château Bayard in Pontcharra.

Pontcharra is twinned with:

This Isère geographical article is a stub.