Being situated in the region Rhone-Alps (in the center of the triangle Lyon Grenoble
- Valencia) in 400 metres in height, at feet of the hill which dominates the plain of Bièvre, the Côte-Saint André ( 5000 inhabitants) is a trading and dynamic city as well as an important administrative centre.
Capital of Bièvre, administrative centre of canton, Côte-Saint-André is also the seat of the District grouping together(including) 20 municipalities is 18 000 inhabitants.
It is from the year 1000 when one finds in documents the name of Côte-Saint-André Sancti Andrea de Costa.
Earth of inspiration, Côte-Saint-André is the home town of the composer Hector Berlioz and the stay of the Dutch painter Johan Barthold Jongking.
In the surroundings, a nature restful, varied with its wood which invite in the walk, its ponds of peach(fishing), its villages which will deliver you their secrets, the multiple equipments of leisure activities, offer a true relaxation.
Of numerous monuments
are to discover such as the Church Saint-André du XIe, The Halle of the 13th, urban Houses, Castle Louis 11... Noublions not museums, Hector Berlioz museum
, the museum of liqueurs Cherry Rocher...
Last about fifteen August takes place the festival Berlioz with numerous concerts under the Halle and in the Church Saint André.
For any information, please, contact the Office of Tourism of Côte-Saint-André
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