Annoisin-Chatelans

Geography

The Village of Annoisin-chatelans is located on the foothills and the plateau of the Isle-Crémieu, some 40 km east of Lyon and just 2 km north-east of the town of Crémieu.

It is part of the Community of communes of l'Isle-Crémieu which includes all the communes around Crémieu, the plain side of Lyon with Chamagnieu and Villemoirieu next to the Optevoz hills area.

The commune is characterized by scattered settlements which comes from the merger of two towns of comparable size, Annoisin which faces Crémieu and Chatelans another two kilometres north which faces on to the valley of Amby (Hières-sur-Amby and Optevoz). There are also two other hamlets south of the village called Michalieu and Le Mollard.

Access to the commune is by the D521 minor road from Crémieu in the south passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing north then east to join the D52A to Optevoz. The commune is quite heavily forested in the north and along the eastern and western borders however the southern part of the commune is farmland.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

The plateau of Larina has been occupied since the beginning of the first millennium. There are still traces on the Larina site north of the commune (an oppidum then a Merovingian camp). The first known text on Annoisin was regarding the Parish and its Church in the 1172–1275 period of the Capetian Kings. Formerly attached to Optevoz, Chatelans was attached to the commune of Annoisin in 1842.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nuisantins or Nuisantines in French. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1836 and earlier refer to the former commune of Annoisin.

| graph-pos = bottom |1793 |253 |1800 |272 |1806 |276 |1821 |306 |1831 |324 |1836 |326 |1841 |571 |1846 |620 |1851 |673 |1856 |657 |1861 |677 |1866 |655 |1872 |567 |1876 |557 |1881 |551 |1886 |565 |1891 |540 |1896 |508 |1901 |502 |1906 |461 |1911 |433 |1921 |405 |1926 |390 |1931 |351 |1936 |326 |1946 |297 |1954 |260 |1962 |231 |1968 |247 |1975 |285 |1982 |301 |1990 |412 |1999 |541 |2007 |618 |2012 |643 |2017 |676

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• An Archaeological Site
• The Domain de la Tour House (1789)
• The War Memorial (1921)
• A House at le Mollard (1580)
• A Primary School at Chatelans (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at Chatelans (1760)
• The Town Hall (formerly a Primary School) (1882)

Religious heritage

The commune has two religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Parish Church of Notre-Dame (12th century) The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Pulpit (1896)
  • A Confessional (19th century)
  • The Furniture in the Church
• The Cemetery (1863) The Cemetery contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Priest's Tomb (19th century)
  • The Tomb of Benoît Parent (20th century)
  • A Cemetery Cross (19th century)

Environmental heritage

This small village in northern Isère has retained many of its houses made of golden stone extracted from quarries that are still used, its surprising octagonal tower, its communal ovens and lavoirs (Public laundries) hidden in the green meadows. The curiosity of the commune, it is precisely the number of bread ovens and lavoirs whether at Annoisin with one oven; or Chatelans with two ovens, a lavoir, and a fountain in the lower part of the village; or the hamlet of Michalieu with a beautiful collection of a bread oven with a lavoir and its cross.

There are many marked trails that wind through the woods and the blue juniper bushes found in abundance on the limestone plateau. They thrive on the edge of beautiful cliffs overlooking the Rhone valley or on the hills where the top of the Alps and Mont Blanc can be seen.

Picture Gallery

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References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Annoisin-Chatelans,+France/@45.7656785,5.288962,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x478b35d096bcceed:0xc9e63f8c1dd3cd3b Google Maps]
3. F. Perrin, ''A deposit of Gallic Objects at Larina'', DARA,1990. {{in lang. fr
4. "List of Mayors of France".
5. [https://www.habitants.fr/isere-38 Le nom des habitants du 38 - Isère] {{Webarchive. link. (8 December 2015 , habitants.fr)
6. {{Cassini-Ehess. 911. Annoisin-Chatelans
7. link. (29 September 2022 , INSEE)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. PA00117116. PA00117116 Archaeological site {{in lang. fr
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000217. IA38000217 Domain de la Tour {{in lang. fr
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000215. IA38000215 War Memorial {{in lang. fr
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000214. IA38000214 House at le Mollard {{in lang. fr
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000213. IA38000213 Primary School at Chatelans {{in lang. fr
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000123. IA38000123 Farmhouse at Chatelans {{in lang. fr
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000050. IA38000050 Town Hall {{in lang. fr
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000218. IA38000218 Parish Church of Notre-Dame {{in lang. fr
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM38000660. IM38000660 Pulpit {{in lang. fr
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM38000659. IM38000659 Confessional {{in lang. fr
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM38000658. IM38000658 Furniture in the Church {{in lang. fr
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA38000216. IA38000216 Cemetery {{in lang. fr
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM38000657. IM38000657 Priest's Tomb {{in lang. fr
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM38000656. IM38000656 Tomb of Benoît Parent {{in lang. fr
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM38000655. IM38000655 Cemetery Cross {{in lang. fr