Belmont-Luthézieu
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| local community | Valromey-sur-Séran | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 5 ° 40' E | |
| Post Code | 01260 | |
| Former INSEE code | 01036 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Saint-Oyen church in Belmont-Luthézieu |
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Belmont-Luthézieu is a former French community and today's commune Déléguée with 601 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belonged to the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes in the Belley arrondissement . It was merged with Lompnieu , Sutrieu and Vieu to form Commune nouvelle Valromey-sur-Séran with effect from January 1, 2019 .
geography
Belmont-Luthézieu is located at 450 m , about 14 kilometers north of the city of Belley and 49 km southeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (as the crow flies). The double community extends in the southeast of Bugey , in a panoramic position on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays, a mountain range in the French Jura , above the valley of the Séran , at the southern entrance to the valley of the Valromey .
The area of the 19.77 km² former municipal area includes a section of the Valromey. The Valromey forms a wide depression between two Jurassic ridges. The river Séran, along which the eastern municipal boundary runs, and its side streams are deepened into this depression. From the course of the river, the community area extends westward over the slopes of Belmont and Luthézieu to the adjacent ridge, which, in structural and geological terms, represents an anticline consisting of sediments from the Upper Jurassic period . Large forest areas spread out on the ridge: Forêt du Fays ( 1040 m ) and Forêt Domaniale de Gervais (at 1110 m the highest point in Belmont-Luthézieu). In the extreme south-east, the municipal soil extends down into the valley at the foot of the mountain ranges, which is also drained by the Séran ( 260 m ).
The former double parish consists of a number of villages, hamlets and farmsteads, namely:
- Belmont ( 450 m ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays
- Champdossin ( 380 m ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays
- Massignieu ( 305 m ) on a plateau at the foot of the slope
- Sammonod ( 480 m ) on a saddle in Valromey
- Vogland ( 540 m ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays
- Nérieu ( 695 m ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt Domaniale de Gervais
- Bioléaz ( 725 m ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt Domaniale de Gervais
- Luthézieu ( 510 m ) on a plateau in Valromey
- Muffieu ( 530 m ) in a side valley of the Séran
- Vercosine ( 580 m ) on a plateau in Valromey
Neighboring towns to Belmont-Luthézieu are Sutrieu in the north, Champagne-en-Valromey , Vieu and Artemare in the east, Saint-Martin-de-Bavel and Virieu-le-Grand in the south and Plateau d'Hauteville with Thézillieu in the west.
history
The municipality of Belmont-Luthézieu was settled in prehistoric times. In 1110 the Saint-Claude priory was founded in Belmont. Since the 12th century, Luthézieu formed a parish. Both villages were under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy in the Middle Ages and came to France with the Treaty of Lyon in 1601. On November 1, 1974, the previously independent parishes of Belmont and Luthézieu merged to form today's dual parish.
Attractions
Belmont Parish Church originally dates from the 12th century, but has since been restored and redesigned several times, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries. The small church of Luthézieu, which was also built in the 12th century, is worth seeing. The Romanesque choir has been preserved from this period and the church is registered as a monument historique . The Vogland chapel dates from the 17th century.
Among the secular buildings are the Château d'Hostel (15th century; modified in the 18th century) on a hill north of Belmont, remains of the Saint-Claude priory (16th century) in Belmont, the tithe barn ( Grange des Dîmes ) the 16th century in Vercosin and the monument of the resistance fighters of Valromey in Luthézieu.
Natural attractions include the approximately 70 m high Cascade de Cerveyrieu, which is particularly impressive during floods, and the Thurignin Gorge, also created by the Séran.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 367 |
| 1968 | 324 |
| 1975 | 300 |
| 1982 | 293 |
| 1990 | 308 |
| 1999 | 394 |
| 2006 | 461 |
| 2011 | 527 |
| 2017 | 601 |
With 601 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Belmont-Luthézieu was one of the small communities in the Ain department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, population growth has been recorded again since the mid-1980s. The local residents of Belmont-Luthézieu are called Belmontais (es) in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Belmont-Luthézieu was a predominantly agricultural village well into the 20th century . In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime, thanks to its beautiful location, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many of the employed people are commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares in the department of road D8 Virieu-le-Grand on the Col de la live to Hauteville-Lompnes leads. There are further road connections with Artemare and Champagne-en-Valromey.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 65 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 26, 235 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Belmont-Luthézieu - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved February 6, 2014 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ↑ Eglise de Luthézieu in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )