Student of the Ecole Normale, associate of letters, collaborator with Jean Jaurès, leader of the "People's University", a professor at the Lycée Charlemagne and the Lycée Buffon in Paris, collaborator with Ferdinand Brunot of the Society of Friends of modern education, historian of the Allevard region, author of In Allevard, a descriptive and historical essay on a canton of the French Alps (1907). Léon-Camille Mähl (1859-1936) engineer, designer of hydroelectric equipment of the Rhône (Génissiat) Monseigneur Charles Cotton, pastor-archpriest of Allevard promoted in 1875 to the episcopal see of Valencia, very hostile prelate to the laws of Jules Ferry. Father Auguste Milliat, born in 1862 in Allevard, poet, teacher and Catholic writer. Lily Fayol, variety artiste, singer, was born in Allevard on 12 June 1914. Pierre Rambaud, sculptor and painter. See also Communes of the Isère department Cantons of the Isère department Arrondissements of the Isère department Bibliography Élisabeth Sirot, Noble and Fortified House - The lordly habitat in the medieval countryside from the middle of the 12th century to the beginning of the 16th century, Editions Picard, 2007, . References External links Allevard official website Allevard Ski Resort Allevard Museum Allevard on the 1750 Cassini Map Communes of Isère Dauphiné