Part of Ornacieux-Balbins in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Balbins (French pronunciation: [balbɛ̃] ) is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France . On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ornacieux-Balbins .
Geography
Balbins is located some 40 km north-west of Grenoble just west of La Côte-Saint-André . Access to the commune is by the D73 from La Côte-Saint-André which passes through the commune just south of the village and continues west to Penol . The D518A passes through the east of the commune linking the D71 south of La Côte-Saint-André to the D518 north-west of La Côte-Saint-André. The commune is almost entirely farmland with urban area of the village merging with that of Ornacieux .
Neighbouring communes and villages
Places adjacent to Balbins
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
From
To
Name
2008
2019
Anne Marie Amice
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balbinois or Balbinoises in French.
Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 248 — 1800 250 +0.11% 1806 342 +5.36% 1821 346 +0.08% 1831 386 +1.10% 1836 396 +0.51% 1841 410 +0.70% 1846 415 +0.24% 1851 389 −1.29% 1856 429 +1.98% 1861 403 −1.24% 1866 387 −0.81% 1872 394 +0.30% 1876 392 −0.13% 1881 405 +0.65% 1886 369 −1.84% 1891 335 −1.91% 1896 326 −0.54%
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 341 +0.90% 1906 327 −0.83% 1911 316 −0.68% 1921 278 −1.27% 1926 272 −0.44% 1931 308 +2.52% 1936 306 −0.13% 1946 285 −0.71% 1954 256 −1.33% 1962 233 −1.17% 1968 205 −2.11% 1975 257 +3.28% 1982 313 +2.86% 1990 363 +1.87% 1999 371 +0.24% 2007 394 +0.75% 2012 394 +0.00%
Source: EHESS and INSEE
Sites and monuments
The Chateau of Armanet in 1913
The Buissonnière Tower is the last vestige of the fortified house that stood there; it was the possession of Miribel, Salignon, and Côte Saint-André.
The Chateau of Armanet was a former Templar fortified house
Notable people linked to the commune
Félicien de Mons de Savasse , born in the Chateau of Armanet, Knight and Commander of the Order of Malta in 1760.
See also
References
Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019 , INSEE
Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2018, p. 236 (in French)
^ Google Maps
List of Mayors of France (in French)
Le nom des habitants du 38 - Isère , habitants.fr
Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui : Commune data sheet Balbins , EHESS (in French).
Populations légales 2012 , INSEE
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