Aoste, Isère

Aoste is located some 15 km east of La Tour-du-Pin and 8 km north-east of Les Abrets. Access is by the D1516 road from La Batie-Montgascon in the west passing through the village and continuing north-east to Champagneux. The D82F also runs off this road just west of the village and goes north-west to Corbelin. The D40 road from Les Avenieres in the north passes down the eastern side of the commune and continues to Romagnieu. The D592 branches off the D40 on the northern border and goes south to the village continuing to Chimilin in the south. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Saint-Didier in the north at the intersection of the D592 and the D40, and Les Champagnes in the east which is really an extension of the urban area of Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers across the border. The rest of the commune is entirely farmland except for the large industrial complex of Jambon d'Aoste north of the village.

The eastern border of the commune is formed by the Guiers river which flows north to join the Rhône which forms the north-eastern border of the commune. The Rhône is the border between Isère and Ain departments while the Guiers is the border between Isère and Savoie departments. The Bièvre river also flows through the west of the commune from the south forming the northern border before joining the Rhone. Numerous other small waterways join the Bièvre.[3]

Aoste was a vicus at a crossroad of Roman roads to Italy, to Germania, and to the Roman colonies of Lugdunum and Vienna. Its name appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana as Augustum.

In 2006 archaeological excavations unearthed a pottery workshop dating from the late Middle Ages.[4]

List of Successive Mayors[5]

Mayors from 1935

(Not all data is known)

In 2009 the commune had 2,463 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population of Aoste

Church of Saint-Didier

• An Ancient Roman settlement with an oven and many relics and an archaeological museum.[7]
• The School contains three items which are registered as historical objects:
  • A Domestic Oratory (Gallo-Roman)[8]
  • An Altar (Gallo-Roman)[9]
  • 2 Commemorative Plaques (Gallo-Roman)[10]
• The Chapel of Saint-Didier contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Thurible (18th century)[11]
  • A Processional Cross (16th century)[12]
  • 6 ex-voto Commemorative Plaques (Gallo-Roman)[13]
  • 3 Funeral Plaques (Middle Ages)[14]

• Communes of the Isère department