Balbins
Balbins () is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ornacieux-Balbins.
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Balbins
- French commune.image
- Le cimetière de Balbins - Jongkind.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The Balbins Cemetery oil painting in 1888 by Johan Barthold Jongkind
- French commune.arrondissement
- Vienne
- French commune.canton
- Bièvre
- French commune.INSEE
- 38025
- French commune.postal code
- 38260
- French commune.commune
- Ornacieux-Balbins
- French commune.elevation m
- 150
- French commune.elevation min m
- 347
- French commune.elevation max m
- 530
- French commune.area km2
- 7.26
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Neighbouring communes and villages
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and monuments
- Notable people linked to the commune
- See also
- References
- External links
Balbins () is a former commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ornacieux-Balbins.
==Geography== Balbins is located some 40 km north-west of Grenoble just west of La Côte-Saint-André. Access to the commune is by the D73 from La Côte-Saint-André which passes through the commune just south of the village and continues west to Penol. The D518A passes through the east of the commune linking the D71 south of La Côte-Saint-André to the D518 north-west of La Côte-Saint-André. The commune is almost entirely farmland with urban area of the village merging with that of Ornacieux.
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