Balbins
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| local community | Ornacieux-Balbins | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Vienne | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 24 ' N , 5 ° 13' E | |
| Post Code | 38260 | |
| Former INSEE code | 38025 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.communedebalbins.fr/ | |
Balbins is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Ornacieux-Balbins with 440 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The inhabitants are called Balbinois .
The municipality of Balbins merged with Ornacieux on January 1, 2019 to form the Commune nouvelle Ornacieux-Balbins. It belonged to the Vienne arrondissement and was part of the canton of Bièvre (until 2015: canton of La Côte-Saint-André ). The community belonged to the Communauté de communes Bièvre Isère .
geography
Balbins is about 29 kilometers east-southeast of Vienne . The municipality of Balbins was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Ornacieux in the north, La Côte-Saint-André in the east, Sardieu in the south and Penol in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 233 | 205 | 257 | 313 | 363 | 371 | 397 | 407 |
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Attractions
- church
- La Buissonnière tower
- Armanet Castle, former Templar comers, later castle reconstruction
