Césarches

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Césarches
Césarches (France)
Césarches
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Albertville
Canton Ugine
Community association Arlysere
Coordinates 45 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 25 ′  E
height 347-964 m
surface 2.90 km 2
Residents 427 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 147 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 73200
INSEE code
Website cesarches.fr

Césarches is a French municipality with 427 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Ugine in the arrondissement of Albertville .

geography

location

Césarches is located at 475  m in the French Alps , about four kilometers north of Albertville, 41 kilometers east-northeast of the prefecture of Chambéry and 59 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Geneva (as the crow flies). Neighboring communities of Césarches are Marthod in the north, Queige in the east, Venthon in the south and Pallud and Thénésol in the west.

topography

The area of ​​the 2.90 km² municipal area includes the triangle of the mouths of the Arly and Doron rivers and belongs to the Beaufortain massif, a crystalline central massif of the Alps that adjoins the Mont Blanc group to the southwest . The western foothills of the mountains form a mountain ridge with elevations around 1000  m in the estuary triangle , on which the community reaches its highest point. The relief has several valley shoulders above the two rivers, over which the settlement area of ​​the municipality is distributed. The municipal area is mainly covered with forest with 62%, followed by meadows and other agricultural areas (37.5%). The community consists of a small town center with a village church and Mairie as well as the more extensive settlement area Le Grand Village on a plateau above the mouth of the Doron. A few more hamlets and farms are spread over the slope up to about 700  m .

history

The place Césarches was first mentioned in the Middle Ages in 1170 - at the same time as the other parishes in the region - as Ecclesia de Sesarches . Parallel to this, there are spellings such as Sæsarches and de Cesarchiis . Despite the exact same name today, the place name does not go back to Caesar (French César ), but to the late Latin casaricum for a house built from rubble stones in the country. During the French Revolution , the place was named Cap d'Arly because of its location in the triangle of the mouth.

Already in the High Middle Ages there was a small lordship in Césarches that belonged to the lords of Beaufort until 1313 . The lordship was the Château de Cornillon , a castle complex at an altitude of 985  m , from which the union of the two valleys of the Doron and Arly could be controlled. It was burned down by the Dauphin's troops in the 14th century .

Attractions

The village church of Césarches dates from the 18th century. The ruins of the Château de Cornillon ( location ) consist of several foundations.

population

Population development
year Residents
1962 303
1968 278
1975 289
1982 300
1990 325
1999 357
2006 378
2011 399

With 427 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Césarches is one of the smaller communities in the Savoie department. After the population fluctuated evenly around 300 in the 19th and 20th centuries, an increase in the population has been recorded since the end of the 20th century. The local residents of Césarches are called Césarchois (es) in French .

Economy and Infrastructure

Until well into the 20th century, Césarches was a predominantly agricultural village. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area, especially in Ugine and the Albertville area.

The village is located above the four-lane thoroughfare D1212 (former Route nationale 212 ), which connects Albertville with the larger cities in the Haute-Savoie department . From a junction in Pallud, a small departmental road leads up to Césarches. The nearest motorway connection to the A430 and a train station on the Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny – Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway line are in neighboring Albertville . Chambéry-Savoie (distance 67 km) and Geneva (90 km) are possible airports in the region .

There is a primary school in Césarches ( école primaire ).

Web links

Commons : Césarches  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 2006 data from CORINE Land Cover , available e.g. B. at www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
  2. A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 125 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 278 (French, online at BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
  4. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
  5. Césarches - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved April 16, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
  6. ^ Complete dossier on Césarches. In: INSEE . Retrieved April 16, 2015 (French).