Artas, Isère

Artas is located some 20 km east by north-east of Vienne and some 8 km south of Villefontaine. Access to the commune is by the D53 road from Charantonnay in the west passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion in the east. The D126 road comes from Roche in the north through the heart of the commune and crossing the D53 in the village before continuing to Saint-Jean-de-Bournay in the south. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Le Barroz, Le Revolet, Cinquin, Radoire, Tarnezieux, and La Petite-Foret. The commune is mainly farmland with scattered forests throughout.^[3]

The Ruisseau de Charavoux rises in the west of the commune and flows west to join the Ambalon near Chasse-sur-Rhône.^[3]

In the reign of Louis XIV the Oak trees from the Artas Forest provided a large part of the wood needed to build the King's Galleys at Marseille.

Artas was the birthplace of Mother's Day in France on 10 June 1906 - two years earlier than the date of origin of 1908 claimed by the USA.^[4]

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artasiens or Artasiennes in French.^[6]

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Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,085 —     1800 1,159 +0.95% 1806 1,101 −0.85% 1821 990 −0.71% 1831 1,253 +2.38% 1836 1,346 +1.44% 1841 1,320 −0.39% 1846 1,181 −2.20% 1851 1,325 +2.33% 1856 1,302 −0.35% 1861 1,224 −1.23% 1866 1,203 −0.35% 1872 1,212 +0.12% 1876 1,088 −2.66% 1881 1,071 −0.31% 1886 1,052 −0.36% 1891 1,045 −0.13% 1896 1,025 −0.39% 1901 986 −0.77%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,000 +0.28% 1911 993 −0.14% 1921 874 −1.27% 1926 840 −0.79% 1931 793 −1.14% 1936 750 −1.11% 1946 692 −0.80% 1954 667 −0.46% 1962 646 −0.40% 1968 612 −0.90% 1975 658 +1.04% 1982 895 +4.49% 1990 1,026 +1.72% 1999 1,349 +3.09% 2007 1,573 +1.94% 2012 1,725 +1.86% 2017 1,809 +0.96% 2023 1,799 −0.09%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

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• A Church with two bell towers from the 12th and 19th centuries.

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  Artas Girls' School
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  Artas Landscape
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  The old Town Hall
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  A street in Artas

• Communes of the Isère department