Sassenage

Sassenage is a common French, located in the department of the Isere and the area the Rhone-Alps. The commune which is located locates at the North-West of Grenoble belongs to the Communauté of agglomeration Grenoble the Alps Métropole. Its inhabitants is called the Sassenageois .

Geography

The commune is located at 6 km in the North-West of Grenoble, on left bank of the Isere, with the confluence of Isere and Drac, in edge of the solid mass of the Vercors. Sassenage has a small borough, stuck to the solid mass of Vercors and crossed by a small river, Furon. This borough is characterized by its streets narrow and fresh, its old houses which give him any sound charms. Moreover, the famous theater in round established in the middle of the village which had been destroyed by the flames, is reappearing of its ashes. The lake of Ovalie, very raised, is a place very snuffed by the inhabitants.

Localities and variations

the Coasts
Rivoire of the Lady
Ovalie
Engenières

Communes bordering

Noyarey, Saint-Egreve, Fountain, Machines.

History

In the Middle Ages, the lords of Sassenage took the taxes on the part extended their strongholds of the valley of Drac and Isere to the first buttresses of Vercors.

The first motor-road of Vercors in Grenoble by the throats of Furon, open in 1827, was the first which allowed the opening-up of this large mountainous solid mass located at the west of Grenoble.

The city which knew a strong growth after the end of the second world war remains a required tourist place located at the doors of Grenoble (hiking trails, speleology, rafting, canoé kayak)

Administration

Demography

Monuments

Tanks of Sassenage

It is possible to visit these caves, one kilometer during, starting from the town of Sassenage. An scientific experiment revealed that the Tanks of Sassenage are actually a resurgence in connection with famous the Gouffre Shepherd, located on the plate close to Vercors. An underground river crosses, Furon, crosses the Tanks of Sassenage.

A medieval legend tells that this place would have been the cave of the Mélusine fairy, celebrates monster, semi-woman, semi-siren… After being itself flees of Poitou, Mélusine would have taken refuge in the mountains of Villard-of-Lans, and would have settled in Sassenage, in a cave of Furon, where one could see his stone table, and the tank where it bathed saturdays. The history is repeated there, with the lord of Sassenage which it allures, with which it Marie and has a son. She breaks the interdict of Saturday and then disappears forever, but continuous to announce the death of her descendants. Close to the cave, a fountain was used to forecast the importance of the harvests and grape harvest to come (" www.mythofrancaise.asso.fr ").

Religious heritage

The small city of Sassenage counts, as of the 11th century, two churches. They always visible, one at the edge of Furon (Saint-Pierre Parish) and the other, known as of the Coasts, are located on the old road of Machines.

Civil inheritance

Castle of Sassenage (17th century)

Built 1662 with 1669 per Charles Louis Alphonse de Sassenage, it contains a whole of living rooms introducing an admirable collection of pieces of furniture of time stamps of the Axe and large Parisian cabinetmakers of the 18th century. He was inhabited little by the family of Sassenage and thus could preserve his authenticity at the wire of the centuries.

Castle of the Blondes (18th century)

Built in 1722 at the request of Doctor Antoine-Henri Ducoin, it was very a long time an establishment of charity intended to come to assistance of the disinherited young girls. In 1988, he was rehabilitated so that this old manufacture of lace (" the blonde") shelter the town hall and the municipal services. Today, it keeps origin only its frontages.

Castle of Beaurevoir (19th century)

In 1880, the gantier Alphonse Terray (father of the mountaineer Lionel Terray, known for to have carried out the rise of the Annapurna), made build the Beaurevoir castle, of style baroque, called at the time Beauregard.

Famous characters

Louis Reverdy
Henriette Gröll
Pierre Dalloz
Jean Prévost

Twinnings

Common of Isere

External bonds

Official site of the town of Sassenage
Site tourist bureau of Sassenage
Official site of the castle of Sassenage
Media library of Sassenage
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