Pont-en-Royans is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.

The town is located near the Isère valley at the gates of the Vercors Regional Natural Park. It lies at the meeting of the rivers Bourne (which takes its source in Lans en Vercors) and its tributary the Vernaison (which originates in the territory of Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors). Both torrential rivers collect most of the waters of the Vercors. The left bank and the Vernaison Bourne after the junction is located in the department of Drôme. It also is by the Kidney, a small tributary of the Bourne, which is limited with the Municipality of Saint-André-en-Royans. This is the output of a bottleneck pierced by Bourne where the village takes place: the houses clinging to cliffs Coulmes a buttress of the north side of the massif of Barret and the south side. This bottleneck is limited to the municipalities of Choranche Chatelus. The present municipal is narrow because it is limited to nearby rivers. It has little agricultural land and is more urbanized. Bourne joins the Isère near Saint-Nazaire Royans

Today, Pont-en-Royans is a village which shows the medieval architecture of the sixteenth century and is famous for its colorful hanging houses. Its original architecture is due to an ingenious adaptation to the environment of the village to promote its trading activity with timber.

The water museum aims to explore the water in all its forms. A bar allows water tasting of more than 900 bottled waters of the world.

The Choranche caves lead through an underground river of stalactites. Unique amphibians (the proteas) are survivors from the time of dinosaurs.

Circus choranche and cascading Gournier.

Route des Gorges de la Bourne between Pont-en-Royans and Villard-de-Lans. Corbelled road carved into the rock and classified three stars in the Michelin guide. Work is being undertaken since 2008 to secure the route to the source of many accidents

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