La Bâtie-Montgascon () is a

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in the Isère

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in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Batiolans'' or ''Batiolanes''.

Geography

La Bâtie-Montgascon is located some 20 km east by south-east of

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and 25 km west of

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in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village before continuing east to

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. The D1075 comes from

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. The

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passes through the south of the commune from west to east but has no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit east of the commune at

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. Apart from the main village there are the hamlets of Évrieu, Avolin, Trévignieux, and Boutière. The commune is almost all farmland with a few small forests and small lakes. The

Bourbre The Bourbre () is a long river in the Isère and Rhône departments in central eastern France. Its source is in Burcin. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Rhône, into which it flows at Chavanoz. Departments and ...

forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to eventually join the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

near

Chavanoz Chavanoz () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography The Bourbre flows north through the eastern part of the commune, then flows into the Rhone. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The ...

Toponymy

La Bâtie-Montgascon appears as ''La Batie Mongafco'' on the 1750

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and as ''la Batie'' on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive

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List of Mayors of France

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 1,919 inhabitants.

Local Culture and Heritage

Sites and Monuments

*An Ancient hilltop village *The Chateau de Renodel *A Church from the 19th century

Cultural Heritage

*A Living Museum of Dauphinois weaving *A Multipurpose meeting hall (work completed in 2009)

Notable people linked to the commune

* Dr Victor Prunelle (1777-1853). Owner of the Château du Vion, his tomb is in the cemetery at La Bätie-Montgascon. A doctor and politician, he was MP for Isère, mayor of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

and of

Vichy Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais. It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of V ...

. He tried to quell the revolt of the

Canut The canuts () were Lyonnais silk workers, often working on Jacquard looms. They were primarily found in the Croix-Rousse neighbourhood of Lyon in the 19th century. Although the term generally refers to Lyonnais silk workers, silk workers in th ...

s in Lyon (21–24 November 1831). * Pierre Marion (1914-2000) born in La Bâtie-Montgascon. Heart surgeon, he devoted his life to the development of artificial heart valves * Gérard Nicoud had a bar-restaurant in La Bâtie-Montgascon. * Patrick Piot, professional motorcycle driver, born in 1967 at

, lives in La Bâtie-Montgascon.