Les Abrets

Les Abrets
Delegated communeofLes Abrets-en-Dauphiné
SNCF train in Les Abrets
Coat of arms
Location of Les Abrets
Les Abrets Les Abrets
Coordinates:45°32′15″N5°35′09″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	I sắc re
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Chartreuse-Guiers
Commune	Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné
Area 1	6.89 km2(2.66 sq mi)
Population (2019)	3,513
• Density	510/km2(1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00(CEST)
Postal code	38490
Elevation	261–434 m (856–1,424 ft)
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Abrets(French pronunciation:[lez‿abʁɛ];Arpitan:Los Âbrèts) is a formercommunein theI sắc redepartmentin theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpesregion of southeasternFrance.On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune ofLes Abrets-en-Dauphiné,of which it became adelegated commune.

Geography

Les Abrets is located some 30 km west ofChamberyand 25 km east ofBourgoin-Jallieu.The commune can be accessed on the D1075 road from the north-west continuing through the commune and the village toLa Bâtie-Divisinin the south. The D1006 highway comes fromLa Tour-du-Pinin the west and intersects the D1075 in the centre of the village then continues toLe Pont-de-Beauvoisinin the east. There is also the D142E road from the village going north-east, the D592 which goes north from the village continuing toChimilin,and the D142 going north-west toFitilieu.A railway passes through the commune from west to east with a station just outside the western edge of the commune. The urban area of Les Abrets covers a large portion of the commune with a belt of forest running north to south through the centre of the commune. With some forested areas in the east of the commune and some forest in the east, the balance of the land area is farmland.

TheBievrestream flows south down the eastern edge of the commune. Other streams flow near the village and to the south.

Toponymy

The termAbretscomes fromAlbrez AlbretumorArbreta(from the LatinArbor:relative to a tree). This wooded area was given to the "Poor Knights of Christ" in about 1124 who then became the Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem in 1128, known under the name of theTemplars.

Heraldry

Arms of Les Abrets

Blazon: Gules, a chevron debased in Or, in chief to dexter two weaver's shuttles of argent saltirewise, to sinister a dolphin the same, in base three firs vert the middle higher.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Les Abrets

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1935

From	To	Name
1792	1804	Paul Morand
1804	1816	Louis Boissier
1816	1830	Jacques Novel
1830	1834	Louis Boissier
1834	1837	Clément Morand
1837	1864	Jacques Novel
1864	1870	Joseph Comte
1870	1871	Félix Jamet
1871	1876	Pierre Landier
1876	1884	Joseph Badin
1884	1889	Benoît Orcel
1889	1893	Elisée Deschaux
1893	1895	Clément Humbert
1895	1901	Firmin Rabatel
1901	1904	Hippolyte Falquet
1904	1918	Philippe Barrier
1918	1919	Antoine Fougier
1919	1935	Eloi Cuchet

Les Abrets Station in the 1900s

Mayors from 1935

From	To	Name	Party
1935	1959	Pierre Collomb
1959	1965	Maurice Bernard
1965	1986	Jean Janin
1986	1992	Maurice Gaillard
1992	2008	Jean-Paul Gau
2008	2014	Jean-Pierre Chabert	UMP
2014	2016	François Boucly

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known asAbrésiensorAbrésiennesin French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 763 — 1800 688 −1.47% 1806 834 +3.26% 1821 1,071 +1.68% 1831 1,203 +1.17% 1836 1,292 +1.44% 1841 1,347 +0.84% 1846 1,250 −1.48% 1851 1,297 +0.74% 1856 1,305 +0.12% 1861 1,343 +0.58% 1866 1,341 −0.03% 1872 1,440 +1.19% 1876 1,743 +4.89% 1881 1,826 +0.93% 1886 1,705 −1.36% 1891 1,754 +0.57% 1896 1,756 +0.02%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,818 +0.70% 1906 1,923 +1.13% 1911 1,850 −0.77% 1921 1,773 −0.42% 1926 1,831 +0.65% 1931 1,954 +1.31% 1936 1,818 −1.43% 1946 1,890 +0.39% 1954 2,010 +0.77% 1962 2,215 +1.22% 1968 2,305 +0.67% 1975 2,437 +0.80% 1982 2,795 +1.98% 1990 2,804 +0.04% 1999 2,705 −0.40% 2007 3,050 +1.51% 2012 3,607 +3.41% 2019 3,513 −0.38%
Source: EHESSand INSEE

Sites and Monuments

• AChurch(19th century) contains aChalicewithPaten(17th century)which is registered as an historical object.
• TheDomaine des Fauves(Abrets Zoological Park)
• Path of Pilgrimage to Saint-Jacques de Compostela:Les Abrets is located on one of the pilgrims trails
• TheBourgeat Factorymakes catering equipment and stainless steel for professional kitchens
• TheCentre Jean Janninis an establishment for people with disabilities founded in 1977

The Zoo Picture Gallery

• 
  A Mongoose
• 
  A Grand Duke African Owl
• 
  A Bennett's Wallaby

Notable People linked to the commune

• Thomas Joseph-Armand Caillat,religious goldsmith, lived in the commune.

See also

• Communes of the I sắc re department

External links

• Les Abrets official website(in French)
• Les Abrets on Géoportail,National Geographic Institute(IGN) website(in French)
• Les Abretson the 1750 Cassini Map