Valbonnais

Valbonnais is a commune with 509 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Isère, in the Rhône -Alpes; it belongs to the district of Grenoble and the Canton Valbonnais. The place is named after the river Bonne, in the valley Valbonnais, formerly Vallis bonnesii lies.

Demographics

From 1962, only residents with a primary residence

Personalities

  • Jacques Champollion, * 1744 in the hamlet of La Roche, father of Jean -François Champollion and Jacques- Joseph Champollion. He left Valbonnais 1770 and settled in Figeac.
  • Jean -Pierre de Moret Bourchenu, Marquis de Valbonnais, Municipality of the Dauphinee, President of the Court, historians
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