Bourg-Saint-Maurice

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Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Coat of arms of Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Bourg-Saint-Maurice (France)
Bourg-Saint-Maurice
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Albertville
Canton Bourg-Saint-Maurice (main town)
Community association Haute Tarentaise
Coordinates 45 ° 37 ′  N , 6 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′  N , 6 ° 46 ′  E
height 744-3,823 m
surface 179.07 km 2
Residents 7,302 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 73700
INSEE code 73054
Website www.bourgsaintmaurice.fr

Bourg-Saint-Maurice as seen from Les Arcs

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Bourg-Saint-Maurice ( Franco- Borg-Sant-Mori ) is a French municipality with 7302 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The capital of the canton of the same name is located on the Isère in the upper part of the Tarentaise Valley, near the border with Italy . The Les Arcs winter sports region is located in the south of Bourg-Saint-Maurice .

history

The Romans founded the Bergintrum settlement in the Alpes Graiae province . According to the Antonini Itinerary , it was on the road between the cities of Mediolanum ( Milan ) and Lugdunum ( Lyon ). Later the place was called Saint-Maurice , named after Saint Mauritius ; the part of the name Bourg did not appear until the 15th century.

After the conquest by French troops, the place was called Nargue-Sarde from 1794. When it returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815 , the old name was reintroduced. In 1861 Bourg-Saint-Maurice finally came to France.

An economic boom began in the 1960s with the development of the Les Arcs winter sports area .

From 1962 the seventh battalion of the Chasseurs alpins was stationed in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. In 2012 it was relocated to Varces as part of a restructuring , which resulted in the departure of around 2,000 residents (soldiers and staff with their families).

Economy and Transport

The municipality is economically heavily dependent on tourism and the troops stationed here, which is why the service sector clearly predominates. International canoe slalom competitions take place regularly on a whitewater facility in the Isère , for example the 2002 World Championships. The Tour du Mont-Blanc circular alpine route leads through the Vallée des Glaciers, which is part of the municipality .

Bourg-Saint-Maurice is the starting point of the pass roads to the Cormet de Roselend , the Col de l'Iseran and the Col du Petit Saint-Bernard . The Route nationale 90 leads to Albertville and Grenoble . The Bourg-Saint-Maurice train station is the terminus of the SNCF train line through the Tarentaise to Albertville. Due to its high tourist importance, it is served by TGV - Thalys - and Eurostar trains, which run continuously to Paris , Brussels , London and Amsterdam . A funicular provides the connection to Les Arcs in the high season (December to April as well as July and August).

Partner communities

Partner municipalities of Bourg-Saint-Maurice are Altensteig in the German state Baden-Württemberg and Pinon in the Aisne department .

Population development

year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1793 2.013 1872 2,522 1936 3,160 1982 5,839
1806 2,199 1881 2,602 1946 2,616 1990 6,056
1821 3,024 1891 2,694 1954 4.156 1999 6,747
1836 3.224 1901 2,827 1962 3,178 2006 7,634
1846 3,232 1911 3,096 1968 3,931
1861 2,957 1921 2,540 1975 4,748

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Bourg-Saint-Maurice  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 260 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
  2. ^ A b Bourg-Saint-Maurice - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 14, 2011 (French).