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La Bâtie Montgascon

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Isère

Population (2010)
  
1,771

Arrondissement
  
La Tour-du-Pin

Region
  
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Canton
  
La Tour-du-Pin

Area
  
8.43 km²

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Intercommunality
  
La Chaîne des Tisserands

La Bâtie-Montgascon is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

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Map of La B%C3%A2tie-Montgascon, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Batiolans or Batiolanes.

Geography

La Bâtie-Montgascon is located some 20 km east by south-east of Bourgoin-Jallieu and 25 km west of La Motte-Servolex. Access to the commune is by the D1516 road from La Tour-du-Pin in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village before continuing east to Aoste. The D1075 comes from Veyrins-Thuellin in the north and passes through the hamlet of Evrieu in the commune before continuing south-east to Les Abrets. The A43 autoroute passes through the south of the commune from west to east but has no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit  10  east of the commune at Chimilin. Apart from the main village there are the hamlets of Évrieu, Avolin, Trévignieux, and Boutière. The commune is almost all farmland with a few small forests and small lakes.

The Bourbre forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to eventually join the Rhône near Chavanoz.

Mapping

A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article.

Toponymy

La Bâtie-Montgascon appears as La Batie Mongafco on the 1750 Cassini Map and as la Batie on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 1,771 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 communes that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

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

Sites and Monuments

  • An Ancient hilltop village
  • The Chateau de Renodel
  • A Church from the 19th century
  • Cultural Heritage

  • A Living Museum of Dauphinois weaving
  • A Multipurpose meeting hall (work completed in 2009)
  • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Dr Victor Prunelle (1777-1853). Owner of the Château du Vion, his tomb is in the cemetery at La Bätie-Montgascon. A doctor and politician, he was MP for Isère, mayor of Lyon and of Vichy. He tried to quell the revolt of the Canuts in Lyon (21–24 November 1831).
  • Pierre Marion (1914-2000) born in La Bâtie-Montgascon. Heart surgeon, he devoted his life to the development of artificial heart valves
  • Gérard Nicoud had a bar-restaurant in La Bâtie-Montgascon.
  • Patrick Piot, professional motorcycle driver, born in 1967 at Bourgoin-Jallieu, lives in La Bâtie-Montgascon.
  • References

    La Bâtie-Montgascon Wikipedia