Assieu
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 The road into Assieu | |
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| Coordinates: 45°24′29″N 4°52′07″E / 45.4081°N 4.8686°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Vienne |
| Canton | Vienne-2 |
| Intercommunality | Entre Bièvre et Rhône |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Ségui[1] |
Area 1 | 12.34 km2 (4.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,681 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38017 /38150 |
| Elevation | 220–407 m (722–1,335 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Assieu (French pronunciation: [asjø]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
Geography
[edit]Assieu is located some 30 km south by south-east of Givors and 8 km east by north-east of Saint-Maurice-l'Exil. Access to the commune is by the D131 road from the D134 in the south passing north then east in the commune to the town then north and continuing north-west to Route nationale 7. Apart from the town there is the village of La Charinaz in the east and Les Bruyeres in the west. The commune has large forests in the east as well as one in the west with significant residential areas and the rest of the land farmland.[3]
The Vareze river forms the northern border and gathers many tributaries rising in the commune as it flows west to join the Rhône at Saint-Alban-du-Rhône.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages
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Heraldry
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Blazon: Azure, a fox rampant of Or, in chief the same charged with three dolphins of Azure, crested, finned, and eyebrowed in Gules.
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Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2014 | Luc Monin |
| 2014 | 2026 | Jean-Michel Ségui |
Demography
[edit]The inhabitants of the commune are known as Assieutois or Assieutoises in French.[5]
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Sites and monuments
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- Chateau Juveneton
- Chateau Richoux
- Church from the 19th century
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ 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 Assieu, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 24 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
External links
[edit]- Assieu on the old IGN website (in French)
- Assieu on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Aßien on the 1750 Cassini Map
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