Saint-Alban-du-Rhône
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Vienne | |
| Canton | Vienne-2 | |
| Community association | Pays Roussillonnais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 26 ' N , 4 ° 45' E | |
| height | 149-166 m | |
| surface | 3.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 842 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 237 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38370 | |
| INSEE code | 38353 | |
Saint-Alban-du-Rhône is a French municipality with 842 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement Vienne and the canton Vienne-2 (until 2015: canton Roussillon ).
geography
Saint-Alban-du-Rhône is the westernmost municipality in the Isère department. It is located about 13 kilometers south-southwest of Vienne on the Rhône , into which the Varèze flows here. Saint-Alban-du-Rhône is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chavanay in the north and west, Saint-Clair-du-Rhône in the east and north-east, Clonas-sur-Varèze in the east and Saint-Maurice-l'Exil in the south and south-east.
This is where the Saint-Alban nuclear power plant is located , where an incident occurred in July 2008.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | ||||||
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| Residents | 380 | 355 | 366 | 490 | 672 | 840 | 849 | 842 | ||||||
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Alban church from the 19th century
- Hôtel Rolland, partly from the 12th century, partly Monument historique since 1933
