areas in the Rhone valley, as well as in the water areas surrounding the towns and various hamlets. Hydrography Urbanism Typology Bouvesse-Quirieu is a rural commune, as it is one of the communes with low or very low density, according to the Insee communal density grid. The commune is also out of the attraction of the cities. Land use The land use of the municipality, as shown by the European biophysical land use database Corine Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of agricultural land (56.9% in 2018), which is nevertheless decreasing compared to 1990 (58.6%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows: forests (23.6%), arable land (21.6%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (19%), grasslands (16.3%), urbanised areas (6.3%), mines, landfill sites and building sites (5.9%), industrial or commercial areas and communication networks (3.3%), continental waters (2.3%), shrubby and/or herbaceous vegetation (1.5%)7. The IGN also provides an online tool that allows the comparison of the evolution over time of the land use of the municipality (or of territories at different scales). Several periods are accessible in the form of maps or aerial photos: the Cassini map (18th century), the staff map (1820-1866) and the current period (1950 to the present). Villages - Hamlets The commune has many hamlets: Enieu, Marlieu, Quirieu, Le Bayard, Le Port-de-Quirieu, Chavannes, Chogne, Annolieu and Cruvières. It also has a few places such as La Rivoire, Clos Gilet, Les Usines, Le Boissonnet, Grange-Neuve. Natural hazards and risks The entire territory of the commune of Bouvesse-Quirieu is located in seismicity zone n°3 (on a scale of 1 to 5), like most of the communes in its geographical sector. See also Communes of the Isère department References Communes of Isère Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia