La Balme-les-Grottes

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La Balme-les-Grottes
Coat of arms of La Balme-les-Grottes
La Balme-les-Grottes (France)
La Balme-les-Grottes
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement La Tour-du-Pin
Canton Morestel
Community association Les Balcons du Dauphiné
Coordinates 45 ° 51 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 51 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  E
height 192-383 m
surface 14.61 km 2
Residents 1,060 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 73 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 38390
INSEE code 38026
Website http://www.labalmelesgrottes.com/

La Balme-les-Grottes is a commune with 1,060 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Villemoirieu is located in the arrondissement of La Tour-du-Pin and in the canton of Morestel (until 2015: canton Crémieu ). The inhabitants are called Balmolans .

geography

La Balme-les-Grottes is located about 41 kilometers east-northeast of Lyon on the Rhone . La Balme-les-Grottes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lagnieu in the north and north-west, Vertrieu in the north and north-east, Parmilieu in the east, Saint-Baudille-de-la-Tour in the south, Hières-sur-Amby in the south and south-west and Saint -Vulbas in the west and south-west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
426 393 438 531 588 675 814 936
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Romanesque church
  • Salette Castle, former Carthusian monastery from the end of the 13th century, rebuilt into a castle in the 19th century, has been a historic monument since 1996
  • Ruins of the Amblérieu Castle, monument historique since 1977
  • Wash house
  • cave

Personalities

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