AllemondCommune d'Allemond, INSEE (; spelled Allemont by the local council) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
Geography Allemond is a small mountain village in the heart of the Oisans in the valley of the Eau d'Olle, at the foot of the Belledonne mountains in the Grandes Rousses basin. It is located some 20 km east of Saint-Martin-d'Hères and 30 km south of Pontcharra. Access to the commune is by the D526 road from the south which passes through the village then continues north along the eastern border of the commune before turning west. The commune consists of high mountains with forests on the lower slopes.Google Maps
Localities and hamlets in the commune
La traverse (1300 m high) Le clot La rivoire La combe Le Mas des Croze Le village Les grands champs La ville La fondrie La pernière haute et basse Pissevache Farnier Champeau Le villaret La drayrie Baton (700 m high) Coteysard Le Mollard Le Rivier L'eau Dolle Les 4 saisons
Neighbouring communes and villages
History The first buildings were built in the town in the Middle Ages.
Until the 1960s the life of the people was very simple: they were mainly farmers and herders.
The city also had mining activity under Louis XIII and Louis XIV. It housed the Royal foundries in which ore from mines in the town - mainly silver, lead, and copper - were melted down. Part of the buildings from the former royal foundry long housed the hotel called "Les Tilleuls" (now closed). This hotel with its beautiful walnut staircase was bought in 1920 by a former mayor of the town (for 40 years). His two daughters, Marguerite and Raymonde Giroutru, local personalities, then controlled the propertry for a long time. It was said that Napoleon III stayed at the hotel.
In the late 1970s, the Grand Maison Dam project was launched, it was an economic windfall for the commune and the whole region. The project lasted 10 years and brought in hundreds of workers.
The communes involved were able to invest in tourism and winter sports equipment so ensuring their future once the work was finished.
Today the commune lives completely on tourism both in summer and winter.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors From To Name Party 1989 2001 Michel Roche ind. 2001 2026 Alain Ginies ind.
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allemondins or Allemondines in French.Le nom des habitants du 38 - Isère , habitants.fr
Sites and monuments
Religious heritage The Church contains a Bronze Bell (1657) which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Civil heritage
The Oven of faure The tower
See also Communes of the Isère department
References
External links
Allemont official website Allemond on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Allemont on the 1750 Cassini Map