Aoste (Isère)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin | |
| Canton | Chartreuse-Guiers | |
| Community association | Les Vals du Dauphiné | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 35 ' N , 5 ° 37' E | |
| height | 207-256 m | |
| surface | 9.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,878 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 293 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38490 | |
| INSEE code | 38012 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-aoste.fr/ | |
 Aoste church and town hall |
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Aoste is a French commune with 2,878 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the Arrondissement of La Tour-du-Pin and is part of the canton of Chartreuse-Guiers . The inhabitants are called Outards or Aostiens .
geography
Aoste is bounded in the northeast by the Rhone , into which the Guiers flows, which forms the eastern municipal boundary. Aoste is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brégnier-Cordon in the north, Saint-Genix-les-Villages with Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers in the east, Romagnieu in the south, Chimilin in the west and south-west, Granieu in the west and Les Avenières in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,182 | 1,248 | 1,328 | 1,537 | 1,548 | 1,715 | 2,000 | 2,767 |
Attractions
- Church of Aoste, built in 1891, with Gallo-Roman votives
- Romanesque church of Saint-Didier from the 12th century
- Chapel of Saint Didier from the 16th / 17th centuries century
- Roman settlement ruins
- Clay furnace from the 1st century AD
- Gallo-Roman Museum
Personalities
- Pierre-Louis de Leyssin (1722–1801), Archbishop of Embrun, b. in Aoste, died in Nuremberg
Web links
Commons : Aoste - collection of images, videos and audio files
