Le Pin (Isère)

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Le pin
Le Pin (France)
Le pin
local community Villages du Lac de Paladru
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement La Tour-du-Pin
Coordinates 45 ° 27 '  N , 5 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 27 '  N , 5 ° 30'  E
Post Code 38730
Former INSEE code 38305
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée

Former town hall ( Mairie ) and Le Pin library

Le Pin is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Villages du Paladru with 1,251 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The inhabitants are called Pinois .

With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Paladru and Le Pin were merged to form Commune nouvelle Villages-du-Lac-de-Paladru. The municipality of Le Pin was part of the arrondissement of La Tour-du-Pin and the canton of Le Grand-Lemps (until 2015: canton of Virieu ).

geography

Le Pin is located about 62 kilometers east-southeast of Lyon and about 34 kilometers north-northwest of Grenoble . The place is located on the southwest bank of the Lac de Paladru . Le Pin is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Valencogne in the north, Paladru in the east, Bilieu in the east, Charavines in the south, Oyeu in the southwest and Virieu in the west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
549 553 475 636 850 974 1,211 1,246
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Christophe church from 1769
  • Charterhouse of La Sylve-Bénite, founded in 1116
  • Old tithe barn from 1549, reconstructed in 1658

Web links

Commons : Le Pin  - collection of images, videos and audio files