Arzay

Arzay
View from Arzay
Arzay
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Arzay
Coordinates: 45°25′35″N 5°10′16″E / 45.4264°N 5.1711°ECoordinates: 45°25′35″N 5°10′16″E / 45.4264°N 5.1711°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Vienne
Canton	Côte-Saint-André
Intercommunality	Bièvre-Liers
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Liliane Térol
Area^1	9.79 km^2 (3.78 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	216
• Density	22/km^2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	38016 / 38260
Elevation	375–545 m (1,230–1,788 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.

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

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

Geography

Arzay is located some 27 km east by south-east of Vienne and 25 km south of Villefontaine. Access to the commune is by the minor D51 road (Route de Beaurepaire) from Pommier-de-Beaurepaire in the south-west passing through the heart of the commune south of the village and continuing to Semons in the east. Access to the village can be by several country roads running off the D51 including the Chemin de la Grande Fontaine, the Chemin de la Croix, or the Chemin de la Diligence. The hilly part of the commune north of the village is heavily forested (part of the Forest of Bonnevaux) while the flat commune south of the village is farmland.^[2]

A band of "Étangs" - ponds or lakes - crosses the commune in the north from south-west to north-east. The Étangs within the commune are:

• Étang du Grand Albert,
• Étang Girand,
• Étang Coquet,
• Étang du Grand Massot,
• Étang Girond,
• Étang du Petit Massot,
• Étang de Clos Gabet,
• Étang de la Chapelle,
• Étang Ras,
• Étang Tournier.

The Suzon river flows through the south of the commune from east to west and continues south-west to eventually join the Oron at Beaurepaire. The Grande Vareze flows into the largest of the Étangs in the north - the Étang du Grand Albert.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	2002	Jean Chabert
2002	2008	Nicole Reverchon
2008	2014	Élizabeth Virenque
2014	2020	Liliane Térol

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 216 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes 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
236	254	249	291	287	295	294	306	278

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
260	274	264	291	269	266	243	209	176

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
191	190	180	203	200	167	143	135	121

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
129	125	108	142	166	169	207	216	-

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

The entry to Arzay

A road in Arzay

Sites and monuments

The Communal Bread Oven

The Étang du Grand Albert

• The Chateau d'Arzay from the 19th century (chapel)
• A Bread oven in the Place Jean Chabert (next to the church)
• Numerous Étangs with the Étang du Grand Albert the most well known (private access)

Church Picture Gallery

• 

  Arzay Church

• 

  A Painting in the Church

• 

  Stained Glass

• 

  Stained Glass - Saint Joseph

• 

  Stained Glass

• 

  Stained Glass - 2nd World War

• 

  Stained Glass - Saint Hubert

Life in the commune

• A Bread Festival in the last Sunday of August

Notable people linked to the commune

• The Chambaran family, gentleman glassmakers of Arzay, allied to the great Daupinois families in the 17th century.

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

External links

• Arzay on Lion1906
• Arzay on Google Maps
• Arzay on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Arzay on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Arzay on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

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" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes 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. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)