Estrablin

History

Located near the Gallo-Roman city of Vienne, Estrablin was long occupied and exploited by men. Thus, the Roman times have left many traces. First, in Roman times, Estrablin, together with Eyzin-Pinet, was the main source of water supply for the city of Vienne. Indeed, four of the eleven aqueducts bringing water in Vienne came from the territory of the current commune of Estrablin. Three of these aqueducts took their water from the aquifer of the Gère river (two in the hamlet of Gemens, one in the hamlet of Gabetière). The last aqueducts took its water directly in the Suze stream thanks to a reservoir dam that the Romans had built between the hamlet of Malissol upstream, and the Gère river, downstream. The discovery of ancient objects on the territory of Estrablin also attests of a former occupation. Thus, during the development of the D41 Department Road in 1837 was discovered, in the hamlet of La Coupe, an earthenware vase containing more than 1,000 Roman coins dating from the third and fourth centuries. Unfortunately, all of these coins disappeared, probably shared between the workers behind the discovery. The current commune of Estrablin was born from the union of two catholic parishes: Estrablin and Gemens. The hamlet of Gemens, thanks to its proximity with Vienne, experienced great development in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Indeed, various industries settled on the banks of the Gère river: grain mills, beaters hemp, paper factories... We know that in 1452, Louis the Dauphin, future Louis XI of France, bequeathed the territory of Gemens (then called Gemma in medieval French) to one of his valets, a man named Montaigu. Other archives tell us that in 1575, a major paper factory belonging to Jean-Jacques Gabet was operating in Gemens, supplying many…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,013
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,794
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,364
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,345
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,156
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,132
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,066
• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,916

Most recent

• M 3.3 — 2025-05-06
  8 km W of Chapareillan, France
• M 3.4 — 2013-04-06
  1 km SSW of Poisy, France
• M 2.5 — 2008-06-02
  1 km W of Épagny, France
• M 2.8 — 2008-03-03
  9 km NW of Grésy-sur-Isère, France
• M 2.5 — 2008-02-25
  1 km ESE of Domène, France
• M 2.6 — 2008-01-24
  7 km S of Le Cheylard, France