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Flag of Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 10 February 2023
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Le Bourg-d'Oisans (3,063 inhabitants in 2021; 3,575 ha) is a commune in the Isère department, located in the Oisans region of the French Alps. It is surrounded by several well-known mountain resorts, including the Alpe d'Huez and Les Deux Alpes.
A priory is attested from the 11th century in Saint-Laurent-du-Lac, at the place which will later host the central town of Bourg-d'Oisans. At the beginning of the 13th century, following a landslide causing a natural dam at the Infernet above Livet-et-Gavet, the valley where the town is located was completely covered by a lake, Lake Saint-Laurent. On September 14, 1219, the water reservoir broke, flooding the Romanche valley and causing a flood in Grenoble. In subsequent centuries, the lake will reform from time to time and drain again. In the Middle Ages, Le Bourg-d'Oisans was the seat of a seigniory. In the 12th or 13th century, a castle surrounded by a rampart was built near the church of Saint-Laurent-du-Lac.
In the 19th century, dykes were created in the plain of Oisans, as well as works allowing the drainage of the land. The city was very early an alpine resort, from the end of the 19th century. During the Second World War, Oisans was an important place of the French internal resistance, with in particular the maquis of Oisans. After the Second World War, like other mountainous regions, the town experienced profound changes linked in particular to the rural exodus: the rural population, and in particular the youth, decreased and settled in the big cities.
Le Bourg-d'Oisans is part of the Ecrins National Park. The town, whose territory is largely mountainous, has several remarkable natural areas.
Le Bourg-d'Oisans is the seat of the communauté de communes de l'Oisans.
Olivier Touzeau, 10 February 2023
The flag of Le Bourg-d'Oisans (photo, 2022) is white with the logo, adopted in 2014.
Olivier Touzeau, 10 February 2023