Bâgé-le-Châtel

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Bâgé-le-Châtel
Coat of arms of Bâgé-le-Châtel
Bâgé-le-Châtel (France)
Bâgé-le-Châtel
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton Replonges
Community association Bresse et Saône
Coordinates 46 ° 19 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E
height 184-211 m
surface 0.88 km 2
Residents 923 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,049 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 01380
INSEE code 01026

Bâgé-le-Chatel is a French commune with 923 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the department of Ain . It is assigned to the canton of Replonges and the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse .

geography

The place is in the Bresse countryside , around ten kilometers east of Mâcon .

history

The name Bâgé came from a Gallo-Roman country house that belonged to a certain Balgiasius .

In the Middle Ages , three parishes were established under the rule of the Seigneurs de Bâgé : Bâgé-le-Châtel near the castle, Saint-André-de-Bâgé , with a church built by the barons , and Bâgé-la-Ville (since 2018: Bâgé-Dommartin ), in the common people's territory. All of these settlements are now considered to be independent communities.

Bâgé was the capital of the Bresse countryside until 1272, but then came as a dowry to the County of Savoy when the Bâgé family died out in the male line and the sole heiress Sibylle de Bâgé married Amadeus V of Savoy. As a result, Bâgé was unable to hold its own against the new capital, Bourg , 20 km to the east, as this was also fortified and very important with 3,400 inhabitants at that time.

Bâgé-le-Châtel, formerly a market town that attracted numerous visitors from the rural area until the middle of the 20th century, is nowadays often regarded as a satellite town of Mâcon. What has remained is a beautiful, concentric village center of medieval origin with some remains of the city wall and two red brick watchtowers .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 509 568 588 669 751 762 802 786

Attractions

  • The brick city wall, a listed building since 1929.
  • The old Hôpital-Hospice hospital , a listed building since 1980.
  • The castles of Châteaux de Montépin and Châteaux La Griffonière , from the 15th century.
  • The Château des sires de Bâgé from the 19th century, built on the remains of the castle from the 14th century.
  • The Église de l'Assomption (“Assumption of Mary”) church with its 35 meter high bell tower .

Only about a kilometer to the southwest, in the municipality of Saint-André-de-Bâgé , is the Romanesque church of Saint-André from the 12th century, which has been a listed building since 1840. See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bâgé-le-Châtel

Parish partnership

Bâgé-le-Châtel has had a partnership with the city of Bad Waldsee in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) since 1991 .

Web links

Commons : Bâgé-le-Châtel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files