Assieu
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Assieu (French pronunciation: [asjø]) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
01Geography
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.
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.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Heraldry
| Blazon: Azure, a fox rampant of Or, in chief the same charged with three dolphins of Azure, crested, finned, and eyebrowed in Gules. |
02Administration
List of Successive Mayors
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2014 | Luc Monin |
| 2014 | 2026 | Jean-Michel Ségui |
03Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Assieutois or Assieutoises in French.
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04Sites and monuments
- Chateau Juveneton
- Chateau Richoux
- Church from the 19th century
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Assieu Entry.JPG by Samrong01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Blason de la ville d'Assieu (Isère).svg by Unknown author, Public domain
- Assieu Mairie.JPG by Samrong01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Assieu War Memorial.JPG by Samrong01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Assieu Street.JPG by Samrong01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Assieu School.JPG by Samrong01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Assieu Church.JPG by Samrong01, CC BY-SA 4.0
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