Assieu | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville d'Assieu (Isère).svg |
Arrondissement: | Vienne |
Canton: | Vienne-2 |
Insee: | 38017 |
Postal Code: | 38150 |
Mayor: | Jean-Michel Ségui[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Entre Bièvre et Rhône |
Coordinates: | 45.4081°N 4.8686°W |
Elevation Min M: | 220 |
Elevation Max M: | 407 |
Area Km2: | 12.34 |
Assieu (in French pronounced as /asjø/) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
Assieu is located some 30 km south by south-east of Givors and 8 km east by north-east of Saint-Maurice-l'Exil. Access to the commune is by the D131 road from the D134 in the south passing north then east in the commune to the town then north and continuing north-west to Route nationale 7. Apart from the town there is the village of La Charinaz in the east and Les Bruyeres in the west. The commune has large forests in the east as well as one in the west with significant residential areas and the rest of the land farmland.[2]
The Vareze river forms the northern border and gathers many tributaries rising in the commune as it flows west to join the Rhône at Saint-Alban-du-Rhône.[2]
List of Successive Mayors[3]
From | To | Name | |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | 2014 | Luc Monin | |
2014 | 2026 | Jean-Michel Ségui |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Assieutois or Assieutoises in French.[4]