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==Geography==
==Geography==
Autrans is located on the [[Vercors Plateau]] in the [[Vercors Regional Natural Park]] some 10 km west of [[Grenoble]] and 11 km east of [[Vinay]]. Access to the commune is solely by the D106C which branches north from the D106 and passes in a loop through the village then back south to [[Meaudre]]. A local road goes north from the village along to the valley to the ski fields in the north of the commune. There is farmland in the valley but the slopes of the surrounding mountains are rugged and heavily forested.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autrans/@45.190141,5.567838,13001m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x478aec88889fae31:0x408ab2ae4be81a0?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>
Autrans is located on the [[Vercors Plateau]] in the [[Vercors Regional Natural Park]] some 10 km west of [[Grenoble]] and 11 km east of [[Vinay, Isère|Vinay]]. Access to the commune is solely by the D106C which branches north from the D106 and passes in a loop through the village then back south to [[Méaudre]]. A local road goes north from the village along to the valley to the ski fields in the north of the commune. There is farmland in the valley but the slopes of the surrounding mountains are rugged and heavily forested.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autrans/@45.190141,5.567838,13001m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x478aec88889fae31:0x408ab2ae4be81a0?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>


The ''Meaudret'' rises in the north of the commune and flows south down the valley through the village and continues south to join the [[Bourne]] at Les Jarrands.<ref name=Google/>
The ''Meaudret'' rises in the north of the commune and flows south down the valley through the village and continues south to join the ''Bourne'' at Les Jarrands.<ref name=Google/>


Bus line 5120 connects [[Lans-en-Vercors]] and [[Villard-de-Lans]] stops in Autrans village and [[Méaudre]] (the square).<ref>[http://www.transisere.fr/ftp/FR_Lignes/5120-5130-%202012.pdf Timetable for routes 5120 and 5130], on the Trans-Isere website {{Fr icon}}</ref> There is a shuttle bus in winter from the village to the ski fields.
Bus line 5120 connects [[Lans-en-Vercors]] and [[Villard-de-Lans]] stops in Autrans village and [[Méaudre]] (the square).<ref>[http://www.transisere.fr/horaires_ligne/index.asp?rub_code=6&lign_id=683 Timetable for route 5120], on the Trans-Isere website {{Fr icon}}</ref> There is a shuttle bus in winter from the village to the ski fields.


===Hiking trails===
===Hiking trails===
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|Centre = Autrans
|Centre = Autrans
|North = [[Montaud]]
|North = [[Montaud, Isère|Montaud]]
|Northeast = [[Sassenage]]
|Northeast = [[Sassenage]]
|East = [[Engins]]
|East = [[Engins]]
|Southeast = [[Lans-en-Vercors]]
|Southeast = [[Lans-en-Vercors]]
|South = [[Meaudre]]
|South = [[Méaudre]]
|Southwest = [[Izeron]]
|Southwest = [[Izeron]]
|West = [[Saint-Gervais]]
|West = [[Saint-Gervais, Isère|Saint-Gervais]]
|Northwest = [[La Riviere]]
|Northwest = [[La Rivière, Isère|La Rivière]]
}}
}}


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==Administration==
==Administration==
[[File:Autrans 1.jpg|thumb|The ski-jump in winter]]
'''List of Successive Mayors'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=21033 List of Mayors of France] {{Fr icon}}</ref>
'''List of Successive Mayors'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=21033 List of Mayors of France] {{Fr icon}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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| 2014 || 2020 || Thierry Gamot || UMP ||
| 2014 || 2020 || Thierry Gamot || UMP ||
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| || || N || ||
|}
|}
(Not all data is known)
(Not all data is known)


===Public services===
===Public services===
[[File:Plateau Autrans.jpg|thumb|Autrans in summer]]
The commune has the following services:
The commune has the following services:
* A [[Tourist office]];
* A [[Tourist office]];
* A Fire Station;
* A Fire Station;
* An Isere General Council road maintenance depot<ref>[http://www.isere.fr/2399-annuaire-des-centres-d-entretien-routier.htm Annual of road maintenance depots], General Council of Isère website {{Fr icon}}</ref>.
* An Isere General Council road maintenance depot


===Twinning===
===Twinning===
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==Economy==
==Economy==
===Winter Sports===
===Winter Sports===
[[File:Autrans sous la neige-009.jpg|thumb|Autrans in winter]]
*Alpine ski area: a large field of ''Sure'', a small field of ''Claret'', night skiing, beginner park.
*Alpine ski area: a large field of ''Sure'', a small field of ''Claret'', night skiing, beginner park.
*Nordic ski area, cross country skiing, snowshoeing - the French capital of Nordic skiing.
*Nordic ski area, cross country skiing, snowshoeing - the French capital of Nordic skiing.
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==Local life==
==Local life==
===Sports===
===Sports===
The '''Gève Domain''' is located 1,300 m above sea level and has an international reputation. Located to the north of the Massif du Vercors, the snow conditions are exceptional. This area is accessible by car and there are free shuttles to all valid ski pass holders for the Autrans ski resort.<ref>[http://www.autrans.com/fr/hiver/ski/ski-de-fond/ski-de-fond.htm OT of Autrans skiing website] {{Fr icon}}</ref>.
The '''Gève Domain''' is located 1,300 m above sea level and has an international reputation. Located to the north of the Massif du Vercors, the snow conditions are exceptional. This area is accessible by car and there are free shuttles to all valid ski pass holders for the Autrans ski resort.<ref>http://www.autrans.com/en/winter/index.html OT of Autrans skiing website]</ref>.


===Sporting events===
===Sporting events===
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===Cultural Events===
===Cultural Events===
[[File:Autrans sous la neige-010.jpg|thumb|Autrans in the snow during the 2009 Internet meeting]]
*The '''Autrans Internet Meeting''' is an annual event dedicated to the understanding of the future of the Internet. The event started in 1997 and is held every year in January.
*The '''Autrans Internet Meeting''' is an annual event dedicated to the understanding of the future of the Internet. The event started in 1997 and is held every year in January.


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===External links===
===External links===
*[http://www.ot-autrans.fr Auytrans Tourist Office website] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.autrans.fr Autrans official website] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.autrans.fr Autrans official website] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://autrans.net Autrans Meetings] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.festitrail-autrans.com Festitrail of Autrans] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.festitrail-autrans.com Festitrail of Autrans] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.lion1906.com/departements/isere/autrans-.php Autrans on Lion1906]
*[http://www.lion1906.com/departements/isere/autrans-.php Autrans on Lion1906]
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autrans/@45.190141,5.567838,13001m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x478aec88889fae31:0x408ab2ae4be81a0?hl=en Autrans on Google Maps]
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autrans/@45.190141,5.567838,13001m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x478aec88889fae31:0x408ab2ae4be81a0?hl=en Autrans on Google Maps]
*[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=5.542,45.176&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Autrans on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=5.542,45.176&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Autrans on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{Fr icon}}
*[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=45.176&lon=5.542&zoom=13 ''Autrans'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
*[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=45.176&lon=5.542&zoom=13 ''Autran'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
*[http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau_local.asp?ref_id=POP&millesime=2010&typgeo=COM&codgeo=38021 Autrans on the INSEE website] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau_local.asp?ref_id=POP&millesime=2010&typgeo=COM&codgeo=38021 Autrans on the INSEE website] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] {{Fr icon}}
*[http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] {{Fr icon}}

Revision as of 08:39, 4 July 2014

Autrans
Coat of arms of Autrans
Coat of arms
Location of Autrans
Map
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonVillard-de-Lans
IntercommunalityMassif du Vercors
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Thierry Gamot
Area
1
44 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
1,702
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38021 /38880
Elevation1,005–1,711 m (3,297–5,614 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Autrans is a French commune in the Isère department in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, it hosted the biathlon, cross country skiing, Nordic combined, and the ski jumping normal hill events.[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autranais or Autranaises.[2]

Geography

Autrans is located on the Vercors Plateau in the Vercors Regional Natural Park some 10 km west of Grenoble and 11 km east of Vinay. Access to the commune is solely by the D106C which branches north from the D106 and passes in a loop through the village then back south to Méaudre. A local road goes north from the village along to the valley to the ski fields in the north of the commune. There is farmland in the valley but the slopes of the surrounding mountains are rugged and heavily forested.[3]

The Meaudret rises in the north of the commune and flows south down the valley through the village and continues south to join the Bourne at Les Jarrands.[3]

Bus line 5120 connects Lans-en-Vercors and Villard-de-Lans stops in Autrans village and Méaudre (the square).[4] There is a shuttle bus in winter from the village to the ski fields.

Hiking trails

There are two main hiking trails crossing the commune: municipality is crossed by

Places and hamlets[5]

  • L'Achard
  • Les Ronins
  • Les Prud'hommes
  • Villeneuve
  • Eybertière
  • Le Bourg du-dessus
  • Les Eperouses
  • Le Bourg du dessous
  • Le Bouchet
  • Le Truc
  • Andrevière
  • Les Gonnets
  • Les Tranchants
  • Les Vernes
  • Les Gaillards
  • Le Mollaret
  • Le Tonkin
  • Les Franques
  • Payenat
  • Écharlière

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Toponymy

The name Autrans is derived from the name of a village called Lans (the oldest village on the plateau) and originated from oultre-Lans meaning "beyond the village of Lans" which, over the course of time, was transformed into Autrans.

History

The Ski-jumps seen from afar.
  • The 1968 Olympics in Grenoble (which were the first to be aired on TV) included cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski-jumping (90m ski-jump) and combined Nordic skiing (jumping and cross-country). For many French people the TV images of Nordic skiing at Autrans were a revelation. This would mark the beginning of the development of skiing in France and throughout Europe;
  • The Grenoble Olympic Winter Games 1968 ski-jumps were part of a long local tradition of ski jumping (first ski competition in 1911). Today jumps of 90 m, 56 m, and 20 m are equipped to be used in winter and in summer for many national and international competitions. There is a viewing platform at the top of the 90 m ramp.

Heraldry

Arms of Autrans
Arms of Autrans
 Blazon:

Party per bend sinister, at 1 barry of 10 Azure and Argent debruised by a lion of Gules armed, langued, and crowned in of Or; at 2 Azure a crystal of snow Argent.



Administration

The ski-jump in winter

List of Successive Mayors[6]

From To Name Party Position
1977 1983 Gilbert Michel
1983 2008 Jean Faure UMP Senator (1983-2011)
2008 2014 Gabriel Tatin DVG 1st VP of Parc
2014 2020 Thierry Gamot UMP

(Not all data is known)

Public services

Autrans in summer

The commune has the following services:

  • A Tourist office;
  • A Fire Station;
  • An Isere General Council road maintenance depot

Twinning

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Autrans has twinning associations with:[7]

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 1,702 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Template:Table Population Town

Population of Autrans

Economy

Winter Sports

Autrans in winter
  • Alpine ski area: a large field of Sure, a small field of Claret, night skiing, beginner park.
  • Nordic ski area, cross country skiing, snowshoeing - the French capital of Nordic skiing.
  • The economy is mainly based on tourism.

Tourism in the early 21st century focused primarily on the healthy climate and the station hosted many children who had health problems - especially respiratory.

Agriculture

In the early 1900s there were nearly 130 farms. Today there are 17 farms including 13 dairy farms in Autrans. Milk production is transformed into the Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage AOC in Col Vert, Brique, Saint Marcellin. Autrans also has cattle farms for meat and farm produce and a pigeon farm to serve the best restaurants. Every year on the 1st weekend in May the operation "Take the key to the fields" can visit the farms on the Vercors Plateau and discover their products.

There are also Forestry activities.

Culture and Heritage

The Romanesque Church

Architectural Heritage

  • A Romanesque church is located on a hill in the centre of the village. Only the bell tower is from the Middle Ages (12th to 13th centuries), its stone spire dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries, the choir and the nave of the building are from 1875.

Archaeological Heritage

Autrans has three sites: a Motte-and-bailey castle and two fortified houses at Malatan and La Tour hamlets. Of these three sites nothing remains except mounds and that can be seen today in the landscape.[8].

  • The Motte du Chateau is located approximately 1 km to the east of Autrans Church on a Moraine. A wattle and daub building existed on the mound in the 11th century.
  • Malatan is located approximately 300 m south-east of the Motte du Chateau and is an old fortified house probably dating from the 14th century.
  • The Tower is located approximately 200 m to the north of the hamlet of Andrevières and excavations have identified the remains of a round tower probably dating from the 12th century.

Underground heritage

  • The Ture Cave is located near the hamlet of Naves. It is used today for an introduction to caving or the simple discovery of an underground world because it has fairly easy access.[9].

Local life

Sports

The Gève Domain is located 1,300 m above sea level and has an international reputation. Located to the north of the Massif du Vercors, the snow conditions are exceptional. This area is accessible by car and there are free shuttles to all valid ski pass holders for the Autrans ski resort.[10].

Sporting events

  • The Foulée blanche (White Stride) event has been held every year since 1979 in January, It is a cross-country ski race attracting nearly 5,000 participants.[11].

Cultural Events

Autrans in the snow during the 2009 Internet meeting
  • The Autrans Internet Meeting is an annual event dedicated to the understanding of the future of the Internet. The event started in 1997 and is held every year in January.

Education

The town has a public kindergarten and a public primary school.[12]

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Léonce-Émile Durand-Savoyat, former mayor of Autrans, MP and Senator for Isère.
  • Many natives of Autrans have been members of different French national ski teams and have won many national titles.

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. ^ 1968 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 85-95. Template:En icon & Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ Inhabitants of Isère Template:Fr icon
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ Timetable for route 5120, on the Trans-Isere website Template:Fr icon
  5. ^ Géoportail, IGN Template:Fr icon
  6. ^ List of Mayors of France Template:Fr icon
  7. ^ National Commission for Decentralised cooperation Template:Fr icon
  8. ^ Isère heritage website for Autrans Template:Fr icon
  9. ^ PNV website on the Ture Cave Template:Fr icon
  10. ^ http://www.autrans.com/en/winter/index.html OT of Autrans skiing website]
  11. ^ The Foulée blanche website Template:Fr icon
  12. ^ Official Academy of Grenoble website Template:Fr icon.
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