world.wikisort.org - France

Search / Calendar

Barraux (French pronunciation: [baʁo]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It includes the hamlets of Le Fayet, La Gache, and the 15th century fort, Fort Barraux.

Barraux
Commune
The town hall and church of Barraux
Location of Barraux
Barraux
Barraux
Coordinates: 45°26′07″N 5°58′42″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonLe Haut-Grésivaudan
IntercommunalityCC Le Grésivaudan
Government
  Mayor (20212026) Christophe Engrand[1]
Area
1
11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
1,950
  Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38027 /38530
Elevation241–950 m (791–3,117 ft)
(avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Location


Barraux has the village of Chapareillan to the north; La Buissiere, Le Boissieu and La Flachere to the south; Pontcharra to the east and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, on the Plateau des Petites Roches to the west. It is situated in the valley of the Gresivaudan through which the Isère river flows.


Population


The inhabitants of Barraux are called Barrolins.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968800    
1975871+1.22%
1982939+1.08%
19901,214+3.26%
19991,474+2.18%
20071,801+2.54%
20121,897+1.04%
20171,886−0.12%
Source: INSEE[3]

History (the village)


The village of Barraux was probably founded as part of the supply chain to feed the fort Barraux built by Charles Emmanuel II to act as a border fort. In 1985 the fort was given back to the village of Barraux, from the French army.


History (the fort)



Fort Saint Barthélémy


Fort Saint Barthélémy (eventually Fort Barraux) is the oldest fort using bastions in France. It was built in 1597 and its aspect changed very little over the past 400 years as the general layout invented by the Piedmontese architect Ercole Negro will be left almost intact by its followers: A fortress with an extended star shape with a narrow end, including many bastions and advanced ditches.

The fort was taken by surprise right after its completion by Lesdiguières, the Constable of Dauphiné. A few enhancements have been undertaken by the engineers of King Henry IV but didn't affect the general layout.

Vauban himself, Fortress Inspector in Chief of King Louis XIV in the late 17th century didn't change the arrangement of bastions and curtains. He would rather improve the various buildings inside the fort: two barracks, the well, the chapel, the large powder magazine and the gate house.

In the early 19th century, a casemate was added southward as this section was considered to be the weakest point


17th century


Original held at Bibliothèque Municipale of Grenoble. Talented engineers will improve the fort, but keep the general layout designed by Ercole Negro


Vauban and the Fort


Drawing by Vauban (1692).Original at Historical Services of the French Army (Vincennes)
Drawing by Vauban (1692).Original at Historical Services of the French Army (Vincennes)

When Vauban arrived at the fort in 1692 he is extremely negative about what was achieved by its predecessors. He asks for the improvement of the most obvious weaknesses:


18th to 20th centuries




Barraux is the setting of popular ROBLOX game "BARRAUX", The game was published on 12/4/2021 and is owned by a large Napoleonic Era group, "Empire Frаnçаis", owned by GeneralGory. Currently, the game has 786.9K+ visits.


Twin towns


Barraux is twinned with:


See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE



На других языках


[de] Barraux

Barraux ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 1950 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Isère in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; sie gehört zum Arrondissement Grenoble und zum Kanton Haut-Grésivaudan.
- [en] Barraux

[ru] Барро (Изер)

Барро (фр. Barraux) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Рона — Альпы. Департамент коммуны — Изер. Входит в состав кантона От-Грезиводан. Округ коммуны — Гренобль[1].



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии