Auris, Isère

Auris
The Auris-en-Oisans Ski Station
Auris
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Auris
Coordinates: 45°02′50″N 6°05′15″E / 45.0472°N 6.0875°ECoordinates: 45°02′50″N 6°05′15″E / 45.0472°N 6.0875°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Bourg-d'Oisans
Intercommunality	Oisans
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Louis Pellorce
Area^1	11 km^2 (4 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	207
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	38020 / 38142
Elevation	720–2,164 m (2,362–7,100 ft) (avg. 1,240 m or 4,070 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.

Auris 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 Aurienchons or Aurienchonnes.^[1]

Geography

Auris-en-Oisans Ski station in Summer

Auris is an alpine commune some 30 km south-east of Grenoble and 5 km west of Mont-de-Lans. Access to the commune is by the D211A road from La Garde in the west which passes through the commune by a tortuous route and continues east to Le Freney-d'Oisans. The D211E branches off the D211A in the commune to go to La Grand Combe. Apart from the village (which is solely the town hall) there is the hamlet of Les Cours to the north and Le Cert and Les Chatains to the south. The commune is rugged with alpine terrain and a large forest to the west of the village (La Forêt).^[2]

The Romanche river forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to the Barrage du Clapier - an artificial lake on the southern border of the commune - then continues west then north to eventually join the Drac at Jarrie. The Venéon river flows from the south through the south-western extension of the commune to join the Romanche there.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Toponymy

The commune is sometimes informally called Auris-en-Oisans.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2007	Lucien Ponce
2007	2014	Jean Luc Pellorce
2014	2020	Jean-Louis Pellorce

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 207 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
412	582	698	728	740	755	730	755	780

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
738	712	719	699	709	719	697	651	584

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
571	538	483	402	331	291	269	253	228

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
173	144	129	229	206	215	-	207	-

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

Auris-en-Oisans from the Sures ski lift

Auris from the slopes

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• A Roman bridge
• The Rural Museum

Religious heritage

• The Chapel of the Angels (17th century). The Chapel contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • 2 Candlesticks on the main Altar (17th century)^[4]
  • A Hand Bell (18th century)^[5]
  • The Altar and Retable (17th century)^[6]
• The Chapel of Saint-Gerald (1497)

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

External links

• Auris on Lion1906
• Auris on Google Maps
• Auris on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Auris en Oysans on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Auris 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)
4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM38000010 2 Candlesticks on the main Altar (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM38000009 Hand Bell (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM38000008 Altar and Retable (French)