Bourgoin-Jallieu

Bourgoin-Jallieu is a common department of the Isere, divided into two cantons (northern and southern) in the area the Rhone-Alps, in France. Its inhabitants is called the Berjalliennes and the Berjalliens .

Districts

Field-Flowered
Champaret
Boussieu
the Thrush

Montbernier
Planbourgoin
Pre-Blesses
Mozas
Oiselet
Côteaux of Funas

Geography

average Altitude: 254 m

Bourgoin is to 40 km of the center of Lyon and 65 km of Grenoble. The city is near Isle-with Abeau, new Ville and of the Aéroport Lyon-Saint-Exupéry.

Access

in car: access RN 6 or has 43 in train: line FOR THE THIRD TIME Lyon/Grenoble or Lyon/Chambéry Shawls Water

Origin of the name

There exist two possible etymological origins of the name of “Bourgoin” : Bergusia , registered on a gold coin mérovingienne, or Breg-Osio , “carries mountains”, of at the same time Celtic and Latin origin.
As for that of Jallieu, it would come from Jalliacum : spouting out water.

History

After having undergone the domination of the Burgondes then Frank of, Bourgoin depends on the Royaume of Burgundy. At the time Feudal E, as from the 12th century, the Châtellenie of Bourgoin, including Jallieu and Ruy, is attached to the seigniory of the Tour-du-Pin, which is integrated in 1282 into the Dauphiné. It deals with Maubec, important Baronnie in the mobility of the family of Savoy opposed to the Dauphin. The granting of a liberal charter of franknesses by the dolphin Humbert I {{er}} in 1298 makes it possible to consolidate the urban development of Bourgoin. The city then becomes the seat of the court of Bailliage of the Viennois, richest in incomes of the seven bailliages of Dauphiné.
During two centuries, the city enjoys the advantages which this jurisdiction confers to him on the Bas-Dauphiné. The transformation of the Hemp, cultivated in moist environment, is the first activity Textile practiced in Bourgoin and Jallieu. Derived from the Bourbre, the Mouturier channel makes it possible to arrange falls actuating the “Delphinal Mill” (seigneurial), first artisanal installation located at the site of the building “Gutemberg”, street of Escot.
A heavy blow is carried to the prosperity of the city, in 1450, when the Dolphin Louis II - future king Louis XI - transfers the seat from the bailliage to Vienna after the meeting of the city Viennese to the Dauphine one. At the 16th century, the wars of religion with their troop of disorders and plunderings are particularly destroying in the area. The Plague S of 1628 and 1643 destroy more half of the population, and the city sudden of important floods into 1637,1653, and 1673.

At the 16th century, Henri III, elected king of Poland, of return in France to succeed his/her brother, stops at Bourgoin, frontier town with the Duché of Savoy. It is accommodated by his mother Catherine de Médicis with the Champaret locality, and institutes in 1584, by letters patent, both large Foire S of May 1st and of September 29th (Saint-Michel). They contribute to the return of prosperity and the development of the local store with the rise of road transport. In 1620, Bourgoin has its post office with the horses on the road of Grenoble with Lyon.
The Mouturier channel, improved and widened, feeds in energy of many mills with flour, rotoirs and beaters with chanvre.
The opening of a first school of girls by the nuns Ursulines, in the old commandery of Antonins (current museum of Bourgoin-Jallieu) is attested in 1646.

At the beginning of the 18th century, Bourgoin increases and builds its suburbs out the enclosing walls. In the years 1740, the situation of crossroads between Lyon, Chambéry and the Italy is reinforced with the construction of the new road of Grenoble. The creation of this “main road” is the prelude of a series of work of town planning : installation of a decorated place of a public fountain (current place of 23-August), lighting (installation of eight standard lamps with oil).
In 1787, the foundation of a first factory of fabrics painted by Louis Perregaux, of Protestant religion, announces the era industrielle.

In the absence of being set up in chief town of district although it is the most populated city, Bourgoin obtains, in 1790, the seat of current the Court of Bankruptcy (also Bankruptcy court). On its side, the parish of Jallieu benefits from the Revolution to separate from Bourgoin. This new commune is organized in industrial suburbs along the current street of the Release and includes/understands, until the fusion of 1967, disagreements rural hamlets : Coal-scuttles, Montbernier, Mozas, Bourselas.
At the 19th century, Bourgoin changes until erasing its medieval origins. The enclosing walls disappear and of new buildings structure the city : the market (current Grenette space), the court (old vault the Penitent ones). The hospital of the street Victor-Hugo (current museum) is transferred on his current site in 1895. The Asylum of the old men (current Center of stay Jean-Mill), the college (current Academy of Music), the Savings bank (street Dr. Pollosson) are successively édifiés.
In 1858, the railway line facilitates the exchanges with Lyon and Grenoble. In same time, industry develops along the Mouturier channel.

In 1965, at the time of the countryside of the local elections, the reunification of Bourgoin and Jallieu are in all the spirits. June 25th, 1965, new the town council of Bourgoin and Jallieu vote the merger plan of their two communes at January 1st, 1967. At midnight one, in the night of the Saturday, December 31, 1966 to that of the Sunday the 1st er January 1967, sound the bells of Bourgoin and Jallieu : after 176 years of separation, the two communes are again joined together. Many achievements followed, in all the fields of the public action : social, health, town planning, sports, until establishing Bourgoin-Jallieu in the role of city-headlight of North-Isere.

Economy

The textile, related to the Lyons “Factory”, and the mechanical engineering industry which results from this, control the life of the city : workshops of engraving on wood and framework, factories of impression (Brunet-Lecomte on the site of the current bridge Saint-Michel, Dolbeau, street of the Release), workshops of unwinding and warping (Caffarel with Jallieu), factories of gluing, weaving (Debar with the Thrush) and manufactures weaving looms (Diederichs Workshops). At the beginning of the 20th century, Bourgoin and Jallieu constitute one of the very first centers French for the impression on étoffe.
Other activities supplement the local economy : cardboard factory (Neighbor-Pascal, small street of the Plain), chemistry (the Dolphin, site PCAS). During two centuries, industry offers many working employment to the population berjallienne until the crisis of the years 1970. After the disappearance of the Brunet-Lecomte establishments and Dolbeau, the changing is partly ensured by the establishments Mermoz de Champaret. The establishment preserves until its closing, in 2003, an important activity, centered on quality, with the service of large dressmakers like Dior, Cardin, Lanvin…
Closing down of the business traditional transforms the industrial and urban landscape. The losses are however compensated by the establishment of new companies, are dependant on the development of technologies like the solar one or textile research.

Places and monuments

Castle of Thézieu
Castle of Small-Mount
Castle of Bourgoin 13th century - 14th century
Vault of Villieu
Museum Victor Charreton (Old vault of Commanderie of Antonins)
Church Saint-Jean-Baptist 19th century
Notre-Dame Church 19th century
Market Grenette
Court (Vault of the penitent white 17th century)
Stage of Rugby

The fountain of Bourgoin-Jallieu

In 1755, a monumental fountain was built on the place of Pourcherie, in the center of Bourgoin. On the central pillar, an inscription specified: “This fountain was built for the public utility”. In fact, not only Berjalliens were provided to it out of drinking water, but also the diligence or post horses there désaltéraient.
June 13rd, 1953, an heavy load transporting a 29 meters length tubular furnace-drier bound for the thermo plant of the Chambon-Feugerolles undertook to cross the city of north to the south. Arrived on the place of 23-August-1944 (new name of the place), it could not operate and was blocked. The firemen, called for the aid, considered that the only means of releasing the convoy was to make it pass on the site of the fountain. This one was then broken with the mass. However was central could be for it preserved. The event unchained strong reactions.
It is only into 1980 that the municipality made rebuild the fountain, with elements preserved of was central, about at the same place.

Natives

Jean Bellet of Poisat (Bourgoin, October 6th, 1823 - Paris, September 20th, 1883), painter, marked by Delacroix. Its topics are especially monks, histories, even mythological ( Saint Jerome 1868, Combat of the Centaurs and Lapithes , 1880).
Victor Leon Jean Pierre Charreton (Bourgoin, March 2nd, 1864 - Clermont Ferrand November 26th, 1936), painter, landscape designer of Lyons tradition. One of the founders of the Living room of autumn.
Jean Tardy, born on March 19th, 1920 in Jallieu: admiral, ordering center of experimentation of the Pacific in 1974, becomes admiral (1979) and adviser of State (1980/84)
Maurice Rival, born on May 30th, 1920 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, socialist deputy of Isere (1984/86)
Jean Bron (Jallieu, October 1st, 1920 - Grenoble, September 2nd, 1996), professor of history writer of a history of the labor movement French
Frederic Dard, writer born the June 29th 1921
Yvon Gattaz, contractor, president of the French employers (CNPF) of 1981 to 1986, born the June 17th 1925
Jean-Pierre Andrevon, writer of science fiction the September 19th 1937.
Marc Cécillon, champion of Rugby born the July 30th 1959
Stephan Stoecklin, champion of Handball born the January 12th 1969.
Stephan Knell, champion of Rugby born the November 12th 1973
Julien Bonnaire, champion of Rugby born the September 20th 1978.
Guillaume Meynard player of Rugby
Brahim Asloum, boxer born on January 31st, 1979
Kévin Monnet-Package, professional footballer, born on August 19th, 1988

Speciality

chaudelets: This wafer was designed at the end of the 19th century by a baker of Bourgoin, the Pitrougnard father, who, says one, mixed his paste with his feet. It sold its cakes on the station platforms of Bourgoin, while singing “They are hot the chaudelets, they are hot”. The chaudelet is a small wafer of pie crust pastry salted, aromatized grains of anise. Kneaded a long time, the paste is formatted, then poached with the water ebullient and cooled with cool water. The wafers then are drained and put at the expenses several hours. They are then cooked and gilded in a furnace with very sharp fire. Frederic Dard, who appreciated them, spoke about it in his books and did not fail to make of it provision with each one of its passages to Bourgoin-Jallieu.
the brioche of Bourgoin: brioche decorated with red and white sugar and furnished with dress and dragees. October 18th, 1447, Louis II Dolphin of France, enters in Bourgoin by the New Door assembled on a superb black horse. He is followed of forty riders ; thirty archers and ten principal rafters. Then the Court and the house come from the Dolphin : rich person gentlemen carrying escutcheon armorié on the chest. The future king Louis XI will remain on several occasions in Bourgoin and it is in its honor that the bakers prepared a cake in the shape of crown, composed of flour, milk, honey, eggs and leaven, and decorated with dress and of white sugar.
Isernoix: Created by the Friendly one of the pastrycooks North-Isérois, this cake with the perfect conservation makes the good share with the products “of the soil” : butter, honey, eggs, nut and grows rich by a key of exoticism with its caramel with the vanilla and its light key of chocolate.
the chocolate San-Antonio: Soft inside (hazel nut praline-flavoured ice cream with feuilletine, heart of lacteous fool) and crunching outside (black chocolate), with the image of the police chief San Antonio, this chocolate was created by Jean-Marc Scribante in greedy homage to Frederic Dard.
the Large Dauphine one: Floret of Dauphine, this liquor, elaborate containing sweet and bitter oranges according to a receipt of 1855, acquired its noble letters in 1935, thanks to Maurice Chavin who had the idea to add cognac to the original receipt in order to accentuate the smoothness of it. To appreciate all the complexity of its flavors, it is recommended to drink it pure, in large glass “balloon” or struck ice floes.

Sport

The town of Bourgoin-Jallieu is made known in France in particular thanks to its club of Rugby which for a few years has belonged to the very best teams of the Championnat of France of Rugby to XV.

Twinnings

External bonds

Official site of the town hall of Bourgoin-Jallieu

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