Apprieu

General View to the South-west

Coat of arms

Apprieu

Location within Rhône-Alpes region

Apprieu

Coordinates: 45°24′04″N 5°29′31″E / 45.4011°N 5.4919°ECoordinates: 45°24′04″N 5°29′31″E / 45.4011°N 5.4919°E

Country

Grand-Lemps

Bièvre Est

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Dominique Pallier

Area¹

15.09 km² (5.83 sq mi)

Population (2009)²

3,103

• Density

210/km² (530/sq mi)

INSEE/Postal code

38013 / 38140

Elevation

371–773 m (1,217–2,536 ft)

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.

Apprieu is a French commune in the Isère department in the Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Apprelans or Apprelanes^[1]

Geography

Apprieu is located some 60 km east by south-east of Vienne and 12 km north-west of Voiron stretching along the southern slope of a hill originating from a moraine of Alpine glaciers from the last ice age. Access to the commune is by road D520 from Colombe in the west passing through the town and continuing east to La Murette. The A48 autoroute passes through the southern tip of the commune but has no exit until Exit 9 just to the west of the commune. Apart from the town there are also the hamlets of Plan Bois in the north-east and Le Rivier in the south. The commune north of the town is heavily forested while to the south is mostly farmland with forests to a lesser extent.

The Fure river follows the eastern and southern borders of the commune then flows south to join the Morge river at Le Port.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Apprieu

Izeaux

Saint-Blaise-du-Buis

La Murette

History

Apprieu, from the Latin Apprius - an anagram of "Priapus", the ancient god of fertility associated with the ancient city of Lampsacus near Troy.

Heraldry

	Blazon: Party per Fesse, in first party per pale: 1 of Gules, a bee of Or; 2 of Gules, two keys the same posed saltirewise; in second Azure, a blast furnace proper masoned in Sable with open arch

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Bernard Vial
2008	2014	Georges Ferreri
2014	2020	Dominique Pallier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 3,103 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Evolution of the Population (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
1,297	1,439	1,555	1,469	1,480	1,478	1,480	1,811	1,861

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
1,821	1,764	1,766	1,761	1,893	1,879	1,841	1,777	1,790

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
1,725	1,724	1,704	1,500	1,588	1,604	1,483	1,493	1,541

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
1,448	1,478	1,539	1,770	2,426	2,528	2,795	3,103	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and Monuments

General view to the South-east

Information Sign

The Forges of Bonpertuis (1859) are registered as an historical monument.^[4]

Notable people linked to the commune

The Gourju family settled in Apprieu in 1842 to restart the old forges of Bonpertuis known since 1569 and probably much earlier in the Carthusian period. Alphonse Gourju (ironmaster from Rives), Renage, and Brignoud from the valley of Gresivaudan installed a remarkable puddling furnace at Bonpertuis which is well preserved today. The tradition of ironworking was continued by the Experton family.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

↑ Inhabitants of (French)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA38000013 Forges of Bonpertuis (French)

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Communes of the Isère department

Apprieu