Arzay

Arzay
Part of Porte-des-Bonnevaux
View from Arzay
Location of Arzay
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Coordinates: 45°25′35″N 5°10′16″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Vienne
Canton	Bièvre
Commune	Porte-des-Bonnevaux
Area 1	9.79 km2 (3.78 sq mi)
Highest elevation	545 m (1,788 ft)
Lowest elevation	375 m (1,230 ft)
Population  (2022)	233
• Density	23.8/km2 (61.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arzay (French pronunciation: [aʁzɛ]) is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Porte-des-Bonnevaux.

Geography

Arzay is located some 27 km east by south-east of Vienne and 25 km south of Villefontaine. Access to the commune is by the minor D51 road (Route de Beaurepaire) from Pommier-de-Beaurepaire in the south-west passing through the heart of the commune south of the village and continuing to Semons in the east. Access to the village can be by several country roads running off the D51 including the Chemin de la Grande Fontaine, the Chemin de la Croix, or the Chemin de la Diligence. The hilly part of the commune north of the village is heavily forested (part of the Forest of Bonnevaux) while the flat commune south of the village is farmland.

A band of "Étangs" - ponds or lakes - crosses the commune in the north from south-west to north-east. The Étangs within the commune are:

• Étang du Grand Albert,
• Étang Girand,
• Étang Coquet,
• Étang du Grand Massot,
• Étang Girond,
• Étang du Petit Massot,
• Étang de Clos Gabet,
• Étang de la Chapelle,
• Étang Ras,
• Étang Tournier.

The Suzon river flows through the south of the commune from east to west and continues south-west to eventually join the Oron at Beaurepaire. The Grande Vareze flows into the largest of the Étangs in the north - the Étang du Grand Albert.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
	2002	Jean Chabert
2002	2008	Nicole Reverchon
2008	2014	Élizabeth Virenque
2014	2019	Liliane Térol

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arzayaux in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	236	—
1800	254	+1.06%
1806	249	−0.33%
1821	291	+1.04%
1831	287	−0.14%
1836	295	+0.55%
1841	294	−0.07%
1846	306	+0.80%
1851	278	−1.90%
1856	260	−1.33%
1861	274	+1.05%
1866	264	−0.74%
1872	291	+1.64%
1876	269	−1.95%
1881	266	−0.22%
1886	243	−1.79%
1891	209	−2.97%
1896	176	−3.38%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	191	+1.65%
1906	190	−0.10%
1911	180	−1.08%
1921	203	+1.21%
1926	200	−0.30%
1931	167	−3.54%
1936	143	−3.06%
1946	135	−0.57%
1954	121	−1.36%
1962	129	+0.80%
1968	125	−0.52%
1975	108	−2.07%
1982	142	+3.99%
1990	166	+1.97%
1999	169	+0.20%
2007	210	+2.75%
2012	216	+0.57%
2022	233	+0.76%

Source: EHESS and INSEE

The entry to Arzay

A road in Arzay

Sites and monuments

The Communal Bread Oven

The Étang du Grand Albert

• The Chateau d'Arzay from the 19th century (chapel)
• A Bread oven in the Place Jean Chabert (next to the church)
• Numerous Étangs with the Étang du Grand Albert the most well known (private access)

Church Picture Gallery

• 
  Arzay Church
• 
  A Painting in the Church
• 
  Stained Glass
• 
  Stained Glass - Saint Joseph
• 
  Stained Glass
• 
  Stained Glass - 2nd World War
• 
  Stained Glass - Saint Hubert

Life in the commune

• A Bread Festival in the last Sunday of August

Notable people linked to the commune

• The Chambaran family, gentleman glassmakers of Arzay, allied to the great Daupinois families in the 17th century.

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

External links

• Arzay on the 1750 Cassini Map