Saint-Mury-Monteymond

Saint-Mury-Monteymond is a commune in the Isère French Department in the Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes of France.

Saint-Mury-Monteymond
Commune
Saint Mury-Monteymond seen from Refuge Jean Collet
Location of Saint-Mury-Monteymond
Saint-Mury-Monteymond
Saint-Mury-Monteymond
Coordinates: 45°13′23″N 5°55′38″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonLe Moyen Grésivaudan
IntercommunalityCC Le Grésivaudan
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Isabelle Curt
Area
1
11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
320
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38430 /38190
Elevation320–2,600 m (1,050–8,530 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

In 1882, Aristide Bergès constructed a 1200 hp turbine in the neighbouring hamlet of La Gorge, at the foot of the Peak of Belledonne.[2]

Due to the steepness of the slope to the Lac Blanc, source of the river Vors, the first Penstocks were constructed. Because of the work of Aristide Bergès, Saint-Mury-Monteymond became the first village in France illuminated by electrical power.[3]

Geography

Neighbouring communes

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962247—    
1968150−39.3%
1975150+0.0%
1982193+28.7%
1990259+34.2%
1999314+21.2%
2006339+8.0%
2011345+1.8%

Sights
  • Ancient millhouse

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Museum of white oil http://www.musee-houille-blanche.fr/
  3. Cécile Gouy-Gilbert, Anne Dalmasso and Michael Jakob Alpes électriques. Dire, 2011, p. 12. 978-2-9534279-2-9



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