Artas, Isère

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Martial Simondant^[1]Area14.15 km² (5.46 sq mi)Population1,832 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation364–507 m (1,194–1,663 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Artas (Occitan: Artàs) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

Geography

Artas is located some 20 km east by north-east of Vienne and some 8 km south of Villefontaine. Access to the commune is by the D53 road from Charantonnay in the west passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion in the east. The D126 road comes from Roche in the north through the heart of the commune and crossing the D53 in the village before continuing to Saint-Jean-de-Bournay in the south. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Le Barroz, Le Revolet, Cinquin, Radoire, Tarnezieux, and La Petite-Foret. The commune is mainly farmland with scattered forests throughout.^[3]

The Ruisseau de Charavoux rises in the west of the commune and flows west to join the Ambalon near Chasse-sur-Rhône.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

In the reign of Louis XIV the Oak trees from the Artas Forest provided a large part of the wood needed to build the King's Galleys at Marseille.

Artas was the birthplace of Mother's Day in France on 10 June 1906 - two years earlier than the date of origin of 1908 claimed by the USA.^[4]

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2014	Maurice Barale	UMP
2014	2026	Martial Simondant

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artasiens or Artasiennes in French.^[6]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,085 —     1800 1,159 +0.95% 1806 1,101 −0.85% 1821 990 −0.71% 1831 1,253 +2.38% 1836 1,346 +1.44% 1841 1,320 −0.39% 1846 1,181 −2.20% 1851 1,325 +2.33% 1856 1,302 −0.35% 1861 1,224 −1.23% 1866 1,203 −0.35% 1872 1,212 +0.12% 1876 1,088 −2.66% 1881 1,071 −0.31% 1886 1,052 −0.36% 1891 1,045 −0.13% 1896 1,025 −0.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 986 −0.77% 1906 1,000 +0.28% 1911 993 −0.14% 1921 874 −1.27% 1926 840 −0.79% 1931 793 −1.14% 1936 750 −1.11% 1946 692 −0.80% 1954 667 −0.46% 1962 646 −0.40% 1968 612 −0.90% 1975 658 +1.04% 1982 895 +4.49% 1990 1,026 +1.72% 1999 1,349 +3.09% 2007 1,573 +1.94% 2012 1,725 +1.86% 2017 1,809 +0.96%
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Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

Sites and monuments

• A Church with two bell towers from the 12th and 19th centuries.

Artas Picture Gallery

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  Artas Girls' School
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  Artas Landscape
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  The old Town Hall
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  A street in Artas

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

External links

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