1. The stories
of your
history
2011-2013

2. Morestel is in the South East
of France, near the Alps

3. Morestel is in Rhône Alpes, one of the 22
regions of France.
Lyon is the capital of Rhône Alpes
Rhône Alpes

4. Morestel is in Isère department.
Grenoble is the capital of Isère
Morestel

5. Records of Morestel go back to
1081

6. Morestel developped at the foot
of a rocky outcrop

7. Battlements were built round the
town during the first half of the XIVth
century

8. Saint Michel’s church is a gothic
church from the XVth century

9. Rue Ravier was a trading street.
We can see a XVth century house
with a shop

10. The townhall has a special roof. It
was built by prussian prisonners
of the 1870 war.

11. Today Morestel is a 4500 inhabitants town.
It used to be a rural and agricultural area. It
is at the crossroads of big cities as Lyon,
Grenoble, Chambéry. Many inhabitants work
in Lyon and live here.

12. The name of our school comes
from the painter François-
Auguste Ravier who was an
impressionnist