Balbins

Balbins 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.[2]

Balbins
Part of Ornacieux-Balbins
The Balbins Cemetery oil painting in 1888 by Johan Barthold Jongkind
Location of Balbins
Balbins
Balbins
Coordinates: 45°23′40″N 5°13′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementVienne
CantonBièvre
CommuneOrnacieux-Balbins
Area
1
7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
440
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
38260
Elevation347–530 m (1,138–1,739 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balbinois or Balbinoises.[3]

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.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20082019Anne Marie Amice

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2012 the commune had 394 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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[6] and INSEE[7]

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
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2018, p. 236 (in French)
  3. Inhabitants of Isère (in French)
  4. Google Maps
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Balbins, EHESS. (in French)
  7. Populations légales 2012, INSEE
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