Saint-Mury-Monteymond

Saint-Mury-Monteymond
Saint-Mury-Monteymond

Coordinates: 45°13′23″N 5°55′38″E / 45.2231°N 5.9272°E / 45.2231; 5.9272Coordinates: 45°13′23″N 5°55′38″E / 45.2231°N 5.9272°E / 45.2231; 5.9272
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Domène
Intercommunality Balcon de Belledonne
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Isabelle Curt
Area1 11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 345
 • Density 31/km2 (81/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 38430 / 38190
Elevation 320–2,600 m (1,050–8,530 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.

Saint-Mury-Monteymond is a commune in the Isère French Department in the Region Rhône-Alpes of France.

History

In 1882, Aristide Bergès constructed a 1200 hp turbine in the neighbouring hamlet of La Gorge, at the foot of the Peak of Belledonne.[1]

Due to the steepness of the slope to the Lac Blanc, source of the river Vors, the first Penstocks were constructed. Because of the work of Aristide Bergès, Saint-Mury-Monteymond became the first village in France illuminated by electrical power.[2]

Geography

Neighbouring communes

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962247—    
1968150−39.3%
1975150+0.0%
1982193+28.7%
1990259+34.2%
1999314+21.2%
2006339+8.0%
2011345+1.8%

Sights

See also

References

  1. ↑ Museum of white oil http://www.musee-houille-blanche.fr/
  2. ↑ Cécile Gouy-Gilbert, Anne Dalmasso and Michael Jakob Alpes électriques. Dire, 2011, p. 12. 978-2-9534279-2-9

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