Châtonnay
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Vienne | |
| Canton | Bièvre | |
| Community association | Bièvre Isère | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 29 ′ N , 5 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 424-615 m | |
| surface | 31.84 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,072 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38440 | |
| INSEE code | 38094 | |
| Website | www.chatonnay38.fr | |
Châtonnay is a French commune with 2,072 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
Châtonnay is 13 kilometers southwest of Bourgoin-Jallieu . The river Gère flows through the municipality. Châtonnay is located in a forest and lake area.
history
The name "Châtonnay" is etymologically derived from chestnuts ( French châtaigne , Latin Castanea ).
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
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| Residents | 961 | 1,056 | 1,096 | 1,220 | 1,341 | 1,424 | 1,716 |
Culture and sights
A flag from 1793 is kept in the Mairie (town hall) of Châtonnay, a flagpole and a bust of Marianne . The flag is considered the symbol of the Republicans of the place. On it is the motto of the Republicans of Châtonnay. It is classified as a Monument historique (historical monument).
Various paraments donated to the Church by Henriette de Lespinay, Comtesse de Bazoges, on the occasion of their wedding in 1777, are kept in the Saint-Pierre church . They are classified as a monument historique .
economy
Important branches of the Chatonnois are timber industry , agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle and domestic goats .
Sons and daughters
- Jean-Baptiste Berthier (1840-1908), French priest and founder of the order ( missionaries of the Holy Family )
literature
- François Chapotat: Histoire d'un drapeau de 1793 . souvenir de mon village (Chatonnay). Impr. Nouvelle, Lyon 1890 (French, in Gallica - book about the flag from 1793).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Châtonnay on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved October 4, 2009
- ↑ Auguste Longnon: Les noms de lieu de la France: leur origine, leur signification, leurs transformations . Ayer Publishing, 1973, ISBN 978-0-8337-2142-6 , pp. 314 ( in Google Books ). (French)
- ↑ Châtonnay on the Insee website
- ↑ Drapeau à Châtonnay ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ chasuble, étole, manipule, voile de calice, bourse de corporal (French)
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Châtonnay ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved from quid.fr (French) in February 2010
