Saint-Pierre-in Allevard

See also: Saint-Pierre

Saint-Pierre - of Allevard is a common French, located in the department of the Isere and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Its inhabitants is the Saint-Pierrains .

Geography

Localities and variations

Communes bordering

  • Theys

  • the Tool bag
  • Pinsot
  • Allevard
  • Pontcharra
  • Cheylas
  • Morêtel-of-Meshs
  • Goncelin

History

It is an industrial town founded in the 19th century by Jonathan Oriol.

Administration

Demography

Monuments

Religious heritage

; Bell-tower of the 11th century: The bell-tower of the Church of St Pierre d' Allevard belongs to a monumental family of bell-towers which one finds in some other localities of the Department. It is composed of a high blind stock which goes up until height of the ridge of the roof of the nave. Above rises the openwork stage which shelters the bells. Each face decorates of a cornice of blind arcades with in the center a geminated bay. On one of bays one notices a post which is a Gallo-Roman fragment in re-employment.

Civil inheritance

; Turn of Aquin: This low-size building is equipped with powerful 2 meters thickness walls and preserves 4 levels with a door on the first floor and a window with the third. The walls are bored many holes of putlog-hole intended to carry the scaffolding during construction. Not very livable, the Tower of the strong house of ACQUIN could play only one defensive part at the same time as it attested of the nobility and the power of her owner installed either in the coupled home or in buildings downwards. Its Hugues owner Of ACQUIN is mentioned in 1339 in the list of noble of mandement of Allevard.

Famous characters

Twinnings

Related articles

Common of Isere

External bonds

  • Official Internet site of Saint-Pierre-in Allevard
  • another site

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