Pay tribute to notable figures.
Born in Mizoën in 1591, Jean Despagne is a rare example of a destiny that extends far beyond the horizon of the valley. Son of the pastor of Mizoën, h...
Between 1669 and 1687, Antoine Roux appeared as one of the key men of Mizoën, serving as a royal hereditary notary. His writing crosses the essential ...
In the second half of the 17th century, Jean Bonnet was the most clearly identifiable Protestant pastor in Mizoën. He embodied the daily ministry that...
Nago Vieux shows Mizoën "from below," from the perspective of the common folk. A landless craftsman — carpenter and mason — he settled in Mizoën throu...
Pierre Delort entered the history of Mizoën as a brutal counterpoint to the village's Protestant exception: a Catholic priest whose presence highlight...
Joseph Juge arrived in Mizoën at the moment of its deepest crisis in 1686, just after the Revocation. Originally from La Grave, he appeared as a man o...
Étienne Le Camus was a Cardinal and Bishop of Grenoble from 1671 until his death. Seen from Mizoën, he was a character "from above" but essential for ...
Edmé Campenon (1872–1962) was a major figure in 20th-century engineering. In 1920, he founded the company Campenon-Bernard. For Mizoën and the Oisans,...
Henri Frédet (1877–1955) was a major industrialist from Isère, heir to a pioneering tradition of hydroelectricity. He dedicated his career to developi...
François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (1543–1626), was one of the most prominent military figures in Dauphiné. During the Wars of Religion, he emerg...
Saint Géraud of Aurillac (v. 855–909) embodies the ideal of the great Christian lord of the Early Middle Ages. He founded the Abbey of Aurillac, which...
