Le Mottier

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Le Mottier

Total population

801

Elevation448 m

Land area10.72 km²

WeatherAvg high 61.2°F

Coordinates45.42°, 5.32°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mottier is a French commune located in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The village is overlooked by the ruins of an old fortified house dating from the 12th century.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Louis Mandrin

French outlaw

Rose Valland

French resistance member, art historian (1898-1980)

Jean-Baptiste Davaux

French composer (1742-1822)

Joseph Vinoy

French general (1800-1880)

Paul Genevay

French sprinter (1939–2022)

François de Beaumont, baron des Adrets

French noble

Beatrice of Ornacieux

Carthusian nun

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Claude Goumondy

French chess composer

Claude Terrasse

French composer (1867–1923)

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Bruno Guillermin

French painter (1878-1947)

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Claude Naime

French politician (1909-1987)

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Léon Bernot

weightlifter

Jean-Pierre du Teil

French general

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Jean Ginet

French politician (1881-1942)

Jean du Teil

French general (1738-1820)

Louis-Joseph Jay

French school teacher

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Flachères
  3.4 mi away · pop. 557
• Saint-Didier-de-Bizonnes
  3.5 mi away · pop. 318
• Bévenais
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,045
• Éclose
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,487
• Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
  5.7 mi away · pop. 3,279
• Badinières
  6.1 mi away
• Penol
  6.5 mi away · pop. 369
• Blandin
  7.3 mi away · pop. 154
• Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux
  7.4 mi away · pop. 770
• Culin
  7.8 mi away · pop. 756
• Oyeu
  7.8 mi away · pop. 1,078
• Les Éparres
  7.9 mi away · pop. 964

Browse all places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Le Mottier, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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