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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Assieu (French pronunciation: [asjø]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

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Geography

Assieu is located some 30 km south by south-east of Givors and 8 km east by north-east of Saint-Maurice-l'Exil. Access to the commune is by the D131 road from the D134 in the south passing north then east in the commune to the town then north and continuing north-west to Route nationale 7. Apart from the town there is the village of La Charinaz in the east and Les Bruyeres in the west. The commune has large forests in the east as well as one in the west with significant residential areas and the rest of the land farmland.[3]

The Vareze river forms the northern border and gathers many tributaries rising in the commune as it flows west to join the Rhône at Saint-Alban-du-Rhône.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

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Arms of Assieu
Blazon:

Azure, a fox rampant of Or, in chief the same charged with three dolphins of Azure, crested, finned, and eyebrowed in Gules.



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Administration

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The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

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Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Assieutois or Assieutoises in French.[5]

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Assieu War Memorial
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A street in Assieu
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Assieu School

Sites and monuments

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Assieu Church
  • Chateau Juveneton
  • Chateau Richoux
  • Church from the 19th century

See also

References

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