Crémieu

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Crémieu is a town in the department of Isère, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, It is located near Bourgoin-Jallieu, about 25 miles east of Lyon.

[edit] Early History

Crémieu has a long and important medieval history. The town was mentioned in 11th century, and appears in narrative historical texts from the 12th century. The ancient city was the residence of the Dauphins of Viennois, the nobility who ruled the Dauphiné province.

As early as the 15th century, it had an important Jewish community. Raoul de Gaucourt, governor of Dauphiné, renewed the privileges of the Jews in 1441 for seven years in consideration of the sum of 50 florins, which Moses Dandéli of Crémieu and Aguinet Solomon of Saint-Symphorien, Jewish residents, were to collect from their coreligionists. The Jews of Crémieu refused to pay the sum and emigrated in large numbers. The dauphin Louis XI of France recalled them in 1449, and promised them that if they would reopen their banking-houses, he would tax them only one ounce of fine silver in the future, instead of the half-mark that they had formerly been required to pay.

[edit] People

The residents of the city are known as Crémieux.

[edit] References

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain. ([1])
Bibliography from Jewish Encyclopedia:

• Prudhomme, Les Juifs en Dauphiné, p. 64.

Coordinates: 45°43′N 5°15′E / 45.717, 5.25