Apprieu
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Coat of arms of Apprieu Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin |
| Canton | Le Grand-Lemps |
| Intercommunality | Bièvre Est |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Pallier[1] |
Area 1 | 15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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Apprieu (French pronunciation: [apʁijø]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.
Geography
[edit | edit source]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
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History
[edit | edit source]Apprieu, from the Latin Apprius - an anagram of "Priapus", the ancient god of fertility associated with the ancient city of Lampsacus near Troy.
Heraldry
[edit | edit source]| 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
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Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[3]
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2008 | Bernard Vial |
| 2008 | 2014 | Georges Ferreri |
| 2014 | 2026 | Dominique Pallier |
Demography
[edit | edit source]The inhabitants of the commune are known as Apprelans or Apprelanes in French.[4]
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Sites and Monuments
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The Forges of Bonpertuis (1859)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg are registered as an historical monument.[7]
Notable people linked to the commune
[edit | edit source]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.
Canadian biathlete Yolaine Oddou emigrated to Canada from Apprieu in 1999.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b Google Maps
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 38 - Isère Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Apprieu, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 24 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA38000013 Forges of Bonpertuis (in French)
External links
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- Apprieu official website (in French)
- Apprieu on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Aprieu on the 1750 Cassini Map
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