Apprieu

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Apprieu

Commune

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Coordinates: 45°24′04″N 5°29′31″E﻿ / ﻿45.4011°N 5.4919°E﻿ / 45.4011; 5.4919Coordinates: 45°24′04″N 5°29′31″E﻿ / ﻿45.4011°N 5.4919°E﻿ / 45.4011; 5.4919
Country| France
Region| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department| Isère
Arrondissement| La Tour-du-Pin
Canton| Le Grand-Lemps
Intercommunality| Bièvre Est
Government

• Mayor (2020-2026) | Dominique Pallier[1]
Area

| 15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population

(Jan. 2019)[2]

| 3,380
• Density| 220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

38013 /38140

Elevation| 371–773 m (1,217–2,536 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Apprieu (French pronunciation: ​[apʁijø]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Apprelans or Apprelanes.[3]

## Geography[edit]

Apprieu is located some 60 km east by south-east of Vienne and 12 km north-west of Voiron stretching along the southern slope of a hill originating from a moraine of Alpine glaciers from the last ice age. Access to the commune is by road D520 from Colombe in the west passing through the town and continuing east to La Murette. The A48 autoroute passes through the southern tip of the commune but has no exit until Exit 9 just to the west of the commune. Apart from the town there are also the hamlets of Plan Bois in the north-east and Le Rivier in the south. The commune north of the town is heavily forested while to the south is mostly farmland with forests to a lesser extent.

The Fure river follows the eastern and southern borders of the commune then flows south to join the Morge river at Le Port.[4]

### Neighbouring communes and villages[edit]

Places adjacent to Apprieu

| Burcin | Oyeu | Charavines

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Colombe |

Apprieu

| Chirens
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Izeaux | Saint-Blaise-du-Buis | La Murette

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## History[edit]

Apprieu, from the Latin Apprius \- an anagram of "Priapus", the ancient god of fertility associated with the ancient city of Lampsacus near Troy.

### Heraldry[edit]

| Blazon:

Party per Fesse, in first party per pale: 1 of Gules, a bee of Or; 2 of Gules, two keys the same posed saltirewise; in second Azure, a blast furnace proper masoned in Sable with open arch

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## Administration[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2021)

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List of Successive Mayors[5]

From | To | Name

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2001 | 2008 | Bernard Vial
2008 | 2014 | Georges Ferreri
2014 | 2026 | Dominique Pallier

## Demography[edit]

In 2017 the commune had 3,313 inhabitants.

Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1793 | 1,297| —
1800 | 1,439| +1.50%
1806 | 1,555| +1.30%
1821 | 1,469| −0.38%
1831 | 1,480| +0.07%
1836 | 1,478| −0.03%
1841 | 1,480| +0.03%
1846 | 1,811| +4.12%
1851 | 1,861| +0.55%
1856 | 1,821| −0.43%
1861 | 1,764| −0.63%
1866 | 1,766| +0.02%
1872 | 1,761| −0.05%
1876 | 1,893| +1.82%
1881 | 1,879| −0.15%
1886 | 1,841| −0.41%
1891 | 1,777| −0.71%
1896 | 1,790| +0.15%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1901 | 1,725| −0.74%
1906 | 1,724| −0.01%
1911 | 1,704| −0.23%
1921 | 1,500| −1.27%
1926 | 1,588| +1.15%
1931 | 1,604| +0.20%
1936 | 1,483| −1.56%
1946 | 1,493| +0.07%
1954 | 1,541| +0.40%
1962 | 1,448| −0.78%
1968 | 1,478| +0.34%
1975 | 1,539| +0.58%
1982 | 1,770| +2.02%
1990 | 2,426| +4.02%
1999 | 2,528| +0.46%
2007 | 2,987| +2.11%
2012 | 3,154| +1.09%
2017 | 3,313| +0.99%

Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

## Sites and Monuments[edit]

General view to the South-east

Information Sign

The Forges of Bonpertuis (1859) are registered as an historical monument.[8]

## Notable people linked to the commune[edit]

The Gourju family settled in Apprieu in 1842 to restart the old forges of Bonpertuis known since 1569 and probably much earlier in the Carthusian period. Alphonse Gourju (ironmaster from Rives), Renage, and Brignoud from the valley of Gresivaudan installed a remarkable puddling furnace at Bonpertuis which is well preserved today. The tradition of ironworking was continued by the Experton family.

Canadian biathlete Yolaine Oddou emigrated to Canada from Apprieu in 1999.

## See also[edit]

* Communes of the Isère department

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. ^ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
3. ^ Inhabitants of  (in French)
4. ^ a b Google Maps
5. ^ List of Mayors of France
6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Apprieu, EHESS. (in French)
7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA38000013 Forges of Bonpertuis (in French)

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Apprieu.

* Apprieu official website (in French)
* Apprieu on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
* Aprieu on the 1750 Cassini Map

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Communes of the Isère department

* Les Abrets en Dauphiné
* Les Adrets
* Agnin
* L'Albenc
* Allemond
* Allevard
* Ambel
* Anjou
* Annoisin-Chatelans
* Anthon
* Aoste
* Apprieu
* Arandon-Passins
* Artas
* Assieu
* Auberives-en-Royans
* Auberives-sur-Varèze
* Auris
* Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors
* Les Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin
* Avignonet
* La Balme-les-Grottes
* Barraux
* La Bâtie-Montgascon
* Beaucroissant
* Beaufin
* Beaufort
* Beaulieu
* Beaurepaire
* Beauvoir-de-Marc
* Beauvoir-en-Royans
* Bellegarde-Poussieu
* Belmont
* Bernin
* Besse
* Bessins
* Bévenais
* Bilieu
* Biol
* Biviers
* Bizonnes
* Blandin
* Bonnefamille
* Bossieu
* Le Bouchage
* Bougé-Chambalud
* Le Bourg-d'Oisans
* Bourgoin-Jallieu
* Bouvesse-Quirieu
* Brangues
* Bressieux
* Bresson
* Brézins
* Brié-et-Angonnes
* Brion
* La Buisse
* La Buissière
* Burcin
* Cessieu
* Châbons
* Chalon
* Chamagnieu
* Champagnier
* Champier
* Le Champ-près-Froges
* Champ-sur-Drac
* Chamrousse
* Chanas
* Chantepérier
* Chantesse
* Chapareillan
* La Chapelle-de-la-Tour
* La Chapelle-de-Surieu
* La Chapelle-du-Bard
* Charancieu
* Charantonnay
* Charavines
* Charette
* Charnècles
* Charvieu-Chavagneux
* Chasse-sur-Rhône
* Chasselay
* Chassignieu
* Château-Bernard
* Châteauvilain
* Châtel-en-Trièves
* Châtelus
* Châtenay
* Châtonnay
* Chatte
* Chavanoz
* Chélieu
* Chevrières
* Le Cheylas
* Cheyssieu
* Chèzeneuve
* Chichilianne
* Chimilin
* Chirens
* Cholonge
* Chonas-l'Amballan
* Choranche
* Chozeau
* Chuzelles
* Claix
* Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans
* Clelles
* Clonas-sur-Varèze
* Cognet
* Cognin-les-Gorges
* Colombe
* La Combe-de-Lancey
* Corbelin
* Corenc
* Cornillon-en-Trièves
* Corps
* Corrençon-en-Vercors
* La Côte-Saint-André
* Les Côtes-d'Arey
* Les Côtes-de-Corps
* Coublevie
* Cour-et-Buis
* Courtenay
* Crachier
* Cras
* Crémieu
* Crêts en Belledonne
* Creys-Mépieu
* Crolles
* Culin
* Les Deux Alpes
* Diémoz
* Dizimieu
* Doissin
* Dolomieu
* Domarin
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* La Flachère
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* Four
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* La Frette
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* Gillonnay
* Goncelin
* Le Grand-Lemps
* Granieu
* Grenay
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* Le Gua
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