Les Abrets

Les Abrets
Les Abrets
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	Les Abrets
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Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Chartreuse-Guiers
Intercommunality	Bourbre-Tisserands
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	François Boucly
Area1	6.89 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	3,186
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38001 / 38490
Elevation	261–434 m (856–1,424 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.

Les Abrets is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abrésiens or Abrésiennes^[2]

Geography

Les Abrets is located some 30 km west of Chambery and 25 km east of Bourgoin-Jallieu. The commune can be accessed on the D1075 road from the north-west continuing through the commune and the village to La Bâtie-Divisin in the south. The D1006 highway comes from La Tour-du-Pin in the west and intersects the D1075 in the centre of the village then continues to Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin in the east. There is also the D142E road from the village going north-east, the D592 which goes north from the village continuing to Chimilin, and the D142 going north-west to Fitilieu. A railway passes through the commune from west to east with a station just outside the western edge of the commune. The urban area of Les Abrets covers a large portion of the commune with a belt of forest running north to south through the centre of the commune. With some forested areas in the east of the commune and some forest in the east, the balance of the land area is farmland.^[3]

The Bievre stream flows south down the eastern edge of the commune. Other streams flow near the village and to the south.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

Toponymy

The term Abrets comes from Albrez Albretum or Arbreta (from the Latin Arbor: relative to a tree). This wooded area was given to the "Poor Knights of Christ" in about 1124 who then became the Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem in 1128, known under the name of the Templars.

Heraldry

	Blazon: Gules, a chevron debased in Or, in chief to dexter two weaver's shuttles of argent saltirewise, to sinister a dolphin the same, in base three firs vert the middle higher.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Les Abrets^[4]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1935

From	To	Name
1792	1804	Paul Morand
1804	1816	Louis Boissier
1816	1830	Jacques Novel
1830	1834	Louis Boissier
1834	1837	Clément Morand
1837	1864	Jacques Novel
1864	1870	Joseph Comte
1870	1871	Félix Jamet
1871	1876	Pierre Landier
1876	1884	Joseph Badin
1884	1889	Benoît Orcel
1889	1893	Elisée Deschaux
1893	1895	Clément Humbert
1895	1901	Firmin Rabatel
1901	1904	Hippolyte Falquet
1904	1918	Philippe Barrier
1918	1919	Antoine Fougier
1919	1935	Eloi Cuchet

Les Abrets Station in the 1900s

Mayors from 1935

From	To	Name	Party
1935	1959	Pierre Collomb
1959	1965	Maurice Bernard
1965	1986	Jean Janin
1986	1992	Maurice Gaillard
1992	2008	Jean-Paul Gau
2008	2014	Jean-Pierre Chabert	UMP
2014	2020	François Boucly

(Not all data is known)

Population

In 2010 the commune had 3,455 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
763	688	834	1,071	1,203	1,292	1,347	1,250	1,297

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
1,305	1,343	1,341	1,440	1,743	1,826	1,705	1,754	1,756

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
1,818	1,923	1,850	1,773	1,831	1,954	1,818	1,890	2,010

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2010
2,215	2,305	2,437	2,795	2,804	2,705	3,007	3,050	3,455

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

Population of Les Abrets

Sites and Monuments

A Church (19th century) contains a Chalice with Paten (17th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[5]
The Domaine des Fauves (Abrets Zoological Park)
Path of Pilgrimage to Saint-Jacques de Compostela: Les Abrets is located on one of the pilgrims trails
The Bourgeat Factory makes catering equipment and stainless steel for professional kitchens
The Centre Jean Jannin is an establishment for people with disabilities founded in 1977

The Zoo Picture Gallery

A Mongoose
A Grand Duke African Owl
A Bennett's Wallaby

Notable People linked to the commune

Thomas Joseph-Armand Caillat, religious goldsmith, lived in the commune.

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 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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 on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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↑ Arrêté préfectoral 30 December 2015
↑ Inhabitants of Isère (French)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM38000647 Chalice with Paten (French)

[5] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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 on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

[1] Arrêté préfectoral 30 December 2015

[2] Inhabitants of Isère (French)

[Google-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (French)

[6] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM38000647 Chalice with Paten (French)

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