Les Avenières
| Les Avenières | |
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Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Les Avenières | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′01″N 5°26′44″E / 45.5669°N 5.4456°ECoordinates: 45°34′01″N 5°26′44″E / 45.5669°N 5.4456°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin |
| Canton | Morestel |
| Intercommunality | Pays des Couleurs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gilbert Mergoud |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 32 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Population2 | 5,324 |
| • Population2 Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38022 / 38630 |
| Elevation | 200–260 m (660–850 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Les Avenières is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The inhabitants are known as Avenièrant(e)s.
Géography
It lies along the Rhône river which separates the department of Ain. It is not far from the Guiers (a small tributary of the Rhône), which defines the boundary of the Isère and Savoie departments.
The town is on a hill at an altitude of about 250 meters, offering a remarkable view of the mountains of Bugey au Nord, the Bouchage-Morestel à l'Ouest plain, and also la Chartreuse and the Dent du Chat off to the east.
The territory of this commune is divided in 3 sections: Ciers, Buvin and Curtille.
History
Neolithic to middle Bronze Age[1]
The region was inhabited by farmers.. A scythe from the Avenières is preserved in the Vienne Museum. It is the only evidence of human occupation before the Gallo-Romans. It was found at the confluence of the Bièvre the Rhône.
Roman Epoch [2]
In 1989, maintenance work undertaken at the « La Cour du Pont » quarter led to the discovery of two oak piles at a depth of 2 meters.. A carbon 14 study undertaken by the center for chronology at the Claude Bernard Lyon I University (CNRS) gave a date between 39 BC to 120 AD. It is possible that they are piles of a Gallo-Roman bridge used to cross the river bed between Avenières and Thuellin.
Middle ages and modern times [3]
In 1330, Aigline de Gerbais, married Louis de Rivoire, knight, lord of Romagnieu, Domessin, la Bâtie-Montgascon, Villeneuve de Ciers (les Avenières), Bruzolo en Piémont.
Notes and coins that prove Humbert of Baternay was deprived at the sale and transfer from the lands of Dolomieu and Avenières., which were made by King Charles VIII in 1496.
Charles VIII issued Letters Patent ceding Dolomieu and Avenieres to Bagternay in 1496.
Letters agreed to by King Charles to Rene de Baternay on the subject of the lands of Ornacieux, Dolomieu and the Avenières.
October 8th 1609. Gabrielle de Baternay, widow of de Gaspard de la Chastre sold the land and lordship of Avenières, Brangues and the baronnie de Bouchage to M.de Granieu et de Dorgeoise.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 2,234 | — |
| 1800 | 2,321 | +3.9% |
| 1806 | 2,911 | +25.4% |
| 1821 | 3,283 | +12.8% |
| 1831 | 3,428 | +4.4% |
| 1836 | 3,681 | +7.4% |
| 1841 | 3,863 | +4.9% |
| 1846 | 4,037 | +4.5% |
| 1851 | 4,256 | +5.4% |
| 1856 | 4,367 | +2.6% |
| 1861 | 4,106 | −6.0% |
| 1866 | 4,200 | +2.3% |
| 1872 | 4,002 | −4.7% |
| 1876 | 4,133 | +3.3% |
| 1881 | 4,205 | +1.7% |
| 1886 | 4,013 | −4.6% |
| 1891 | 4,113 | +2.5% |
| 1896 | 3,932 | −4.4% |
| 1901 | 4,015 | +2.1% |
| 1906 | 3,945 | −1.7% |
| 1911 | 3,776 | −4.3% |
| 1921 | 3,321 | −12.0% |
| 1926 | 3,282 | −1.2% |
| 1931 | 3,221 | −1.9% |
| 1936 | 3,133 | −2.7% |
| 1946 | 3,008 | −4.0% |
| 1954 | 2,986 | −0.7% |
| 1962 | 3,117 | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 3,181 | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 3,402 | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 3,495 | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 3,933 | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 4,308 | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 4,636 | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 5,324 | +14.8% |
See also
References
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