Les Avenières

Les Avenières
Les Avenières
	Bridge across the Rhône at Les Avenières
	Les Avenières
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Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Morestel
Intercommunality	Pays des Couleurs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Daniel Michoud
Area1	32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	5,430
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38022 / 38630
Elevation	200–260 m (660–850 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 Avenières is a former commune in the Isère department in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Les Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avenièrants or Avenièrantes.^[2]

Geography

Les Avenières lies on the left bank of the Rhône as it loops north some 25 km east by north-east of Bourgoin-Jallieu and 25 km west by north-west of Chambéry. The Rhone river forms the north-eastern border of the commune and is also the border between Isère and Ain departments. Access to the commune is by road D450 from Veyrins-Thuellin in the south-west which goes to the village then continues south-east to Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers. The D33 goes from Morestel in the north-west and passes through the north of the commune and across the Rhône bridge where it becomes the D10 and goes north-east to join the D19. The D40B goes north from the village to join the D33. The D40E connects the D40 at the eastern edge of the commune to the D40B. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Chamolay, Curtille, Le Grand Chaffard, Le Maitre, Le Bessey, Le Sablonnet, and Les Nappes. The commune has a large forest in the north-east on the Île Molettes with a large urban area in the centre mixed with farmland, and in the south mixed forest and farmland.^[3]

The north-western border of the commune consists entirely of a left branch of the Rhône river as it loops north on its course through Lyon south to the Mediterranean. The Grand Canal de l'Huert forms the south-western border of the commune which curves to join the Huert river which is part of the northern border of the commune. The Canal du Champ forms the southern border of the commune where it connects the Grand Canal de l'Huert to the Bièvre river which forms the south-eastern border of the commune flowing north-east to join the Rhône.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

Toponymy

The name Avenières is derived from the Franco-Provençal avena meaning "oats".^[4]

History

Prehistory

From the late Neolithic to the middle Bronze Age the region was inhabited by farmers.^[5] A scythe found in Les Avenières region is preserved in the Vienne Museum. It is the only evidence of human occupation before the Gallo-Romans. It was found at the confluence of the Bièvre and the Rhône.

Roman Era

In 1989 maintenance work undertaken in the La Cour du Pont district led to the discovery of two oak piles at a depth of 2 metres. A Carbon-14 study undertaken by the centre for chronology at the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (CNRS) gave a date between 39 BC and 120 AD. It is possible that they were piles for a Gallo-Roman bridge used to cross the Rhone between Les Avenières and Thuellin.^[6]

From the Middle Ages to modern times^[7]

In 1330 Aigline de Gerbais was married to Louis de Rivoire, knight, lord of Romagnieu, Domessin, la Bâtie-Montgascon, Villeneuve de Ciers (les Avenières), and Bruzolo en Piémont.
In 1496 notes and coins prove that Humbert of Baternay was deprived of the proceeds of the sale and transfer of the lands of Dolomieu and Avenières by King Charles VIII.
In October 1496 Charles VIII issued Letters Patent ceding Dolomieu and Avenieres to Humbert of Bagternay.
On 22 January 1560 copies were made of letters agreed to by King Charles with René de Baternay on the subject of the lands of Ornacieux, Dolomieu, and Les Avenières.
On 8 October 1609 Gabrielle de Baternay, widow of Gaspard de la Chastre, sold the lands and lordships of Avenières and Brangues as well as the Barony of Bouchage to M. of Granieu and Dorgeoise.
In July 1523 letters from François I stated that the possession of the lands of Dolomieu and Avenières was held by René de Baternay. An order from the King's Council showed that René de Baternay would be restored to possession of the lands of Dolomieu and Avenières.
On 15 March 1642 there was a memoir and instructions on the subject of the proceedings of the King's Council regarding the lands of Dolomieu and Avenières.

20th Century

The station area around 1909: in the foreground the TDI station and at left l'Est de Lyon station.

At the beginning of the 20th century the town was served two secondary railways: the Chemin de fer de l'Est de Lyon to Lyon and Aosta, and the Tramways départementaux de l'Isère, which was taken over by Tramways de l'Ouest du Dauphiné, to La Tour-du-Pin. This last operated from 1909 to 1935.

Administration

View from the Chateau of Avenières

List of Successive Mayors^[8]

Mayors from 1800 to 1941

From	To	Name
1800	1801	Pierre Guiguet
1801	1804	Louis Bayet
1804	1805	Benoît Varnet
1805	1815	Jacques Pelisson
1815	1815	François Charvet
1815	1818	Joseph Bourjaillat
1818	1830	François Reynaud
1830	1842	Joseph Mesly
1842	1847	Louis Charvet
1847	1856	Marie-Joseph Jacquier
1856	1860	Joseph Orcel
1860	1870	Louis Henri Guiguet
1870	1871	Xavier Mesly
1871	1873	Louis Henri Guiguet
1873	1874	Eugène Perriolat
1874	1884	Edouard Marion
1884	1888	François Berlioz
1888	1891	Edouard Marion
1891	1896	Adrien Mesly
1896	1912	Claude Cattoz
1912	1925	Maurice Rullier
1925	1941	Antonin Chabert

Mayors from 1941

From	To	Name
1941	1944	André Liard
1944	1945	Eugène Satonnet
1945	1947	Jean Bourde
1947	1965	Emile Richerd
1965	1980	Jean Bedet
1980	1989	Marius Louis Monnet
1989	1993	Roger Gagneux
1993	1995	Aimé Chaboud
1995	2001	Emile Vasquez
2001	2014	Gilbert Mergoud
2014	2020	Daniel Michoud

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 5,430 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.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
2,234	2,321	2,911	3,283	3,428	3,681	3,863	4,037	4,256

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
4,367	4,106	4,200	4,002	4,133	4,205	4,013	4,113	3,932

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
4,015	3,945	3,776	3,321	3,282	3,221	3,133	3,008	2,986

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
3,117	3,181	3,402	3,495	3,933	4,308	4,636	5,430	-

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

Population of Les Avenières

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The Chateau Bertaudières
The Chateau Cerisier
The Chateau Eau-Morte
The André Moiroud Stadium (formerly Epinettes Stadium), owned by the HOC
The Walibi Rhône-Alpes Amusement Park

Religious heritage

The Church of Buvin

The Church of Buvin. The Church contains a Bronze Bell (1661) which is registered as an historical object.^[9]

Environmental heritage

The alluvial area of Rhône du Pont de Groslée at Murs-et-Gélignieux
The Huert river and wetland
The Corangle wetland
The Corneille wetland and lake

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, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes 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

↑ Arrêté préfectoral 2 December 2015
↑ Inhabitants of Isère (French)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Google Maps
↑ Jean-Claude Bouvier, Place names of Dauphiné, Éditions Bonneton, ISBN 9782862531854 (French)
↑ The problem of palafittic occupation of the north of lower Dauphiné. From the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Ages (French)
↑ N2007-RA-0098
↑ General catalogue of manuscripts in public libraries in France: Departments, 1903, Vol. LXI (French)
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM38000011 Bronze bell (French)

[9] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes 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 2 December 2015

[2] Inhabitants of Isère (French)

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

[4] Jean-Claude Bouvier, Place names of Dauphiné, Éditions Bonneton, ISBN 9782862531854 (French)

[5] The problem of palafittic occupation of the north of lower Dauphiné. From the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Ages (French)

[6] N2007-RA-0098

[7] General catalogue of manuscripts in public libraries in France: Departments, 1903, Vol. LXI (French)

[8] List of Mayors of France (French)

[10] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM38000011 Bronze bell (French)

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