Population (2010) 1,771 | 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.
Contents
- Map of La BC3A2tie Montgascon France
- Geography
- Mapping
- Toponymy
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and Monuments
- Cultural Heritage
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)