Agnin

Agnin
Agnin
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Agnin
Coordinates: 45°20′28″N 4°51′28″E / 45.3411°N 4.8578°ECoordinates: 45°20′28″N 4°51′28″E / 45.3411°N 4.8578°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Vienne
Canton	Roussillon
Intercommunality	Pays Roussillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Christian Monteyremard
Area^1	7.96 km^2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	969
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38003 / 38150
Elevation	167–331 m (548–1,086 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Agnin is a French commune in the Isère department in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agnitaires ^[1]

The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.^[2]

Geography

The entry to Agnin

Agnin is located some 25 km south of Vienne and 5 km north-east of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon. It can be accessed by the road D519 from near Chanas in the west passing through the southern part of the commune and continuing to Bouge-Chambalud. Parallel to this road in the north of the commune is the D51 road from Salaise-sur-Sanne in the west passing through the commune and the village and continuing to Anjou in the east. The D131 also comes from the Ville-sous-Anjou in the north joining the D51 west of the village. The Route de Bouge connects the village to the D519 in the south of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with significant areas of housing in the north and some small areas of forest in the south.^[3]

An unnamed stream flows south forming the western border of the commune and another unnamed stream flows through the commune then forms the south-western border. They both join in the south-west and continue flowing west. The Dolon stream forms the southern border of the commune

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

Like the nearby town of Anjou the origin of the name Agnin comes from the name of a Roman noble Anianus who owned vast territory in that era. The name of the town changed a few centuries later to Agnino which was the name used in the 11th century to describe this commune. Then over the following centuries Agnino became the Agnin known today.^[4]

Heraldry

Blazon: Party per bend sinister, one of Or a local church soutenu at dexter by an inescutcheon with two keys saltirewise and sinister in chief a Vol all represented in lines; two of gules a dolphin of Or at dexter and a rose gules stalked and leaved in vert; in the cotice a bend sinister in Or charged with the letters AGNIN in sable debruised on the division.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Agnin^[5]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Gérard Giraud
2008	2020	Christian Monteyremard

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 969 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
-	459	609	738	725	696	733	717	705

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
589	612	588	572	564	565	544	502	512

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
525	536	520	503	432	402	438	457	479

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
460	462	505	605	648	789	883	969	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

The War Memorial in the Church

Agnin War Memorial

Sites and Monuments

Agnin Church

Agnin Lavoir (Public Laundry)

• The portal and tower of Bâtie Manor are registered as historical monuments.^[6]
• Gaulas Castle
• A Church from the 12th century
• Typical houses
• Gallo-Roman remains at Golat

See also

• Communes of the Isère department
• Cantons of the Isère department
• Arrondissements of the Isère department

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Isère (French)
2. Agnin in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom (French)
3. Google Maps
4. André Plank, The Origin of the names of the Communes of the department of Isère, Bourg-d'Oisans: L'atelier, 2006, ISBN 978-2-84424-043-9
5. List of Mayors of France (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00117114 Bâtie Manor (French)

External links

• Agnin Official website (French)
• Agnin on the old IGN website (French)
• Agnin on Lion1906
• Agnin on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Agnin on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)