Challes-les-Eaux
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Chambery | |
| Canton | La Ravoire | |
| Community association | Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 33 ' N , 5 ° 59' E | |
| height | 290-565 m | |
| surface | 5.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,590 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 989 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73190 | |
| INSEE code | 73064 | |
| Website | www.ville-challesleseaux.com | |
.JPG) Challes-les-Eaux behind the airport of the same name |
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Challes-les-Eaux is a French municipality with 5590 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Chambéry and the canton of La Ravoire . The inhabitants are called Challésien (ne) s .
geography
Challes-les-Eaux is located at 308 m , about six kilometers east of the city center of Chambéry. The community extends on the southwest edge of the Bauges , a limestone massif in the northern French Prealps. The area of the 5.65 km² municipal area comprises a section of a flat alluvial plain that separates the two mountain ranges of Bauges and Chartreuse . This part is densely populated and, together with the neighboring communities, forms a continuous suburb of Chambéry. In the eastern part, the wooded steep flank of Mont Saint-Michel begins abruptly on the edge of the Bauges, where the municipal area extends to 565 m .
The residential area of Le Puits lies above the actual village and was an independent village at the time of the French monarchy . Challes-les-Eaux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Barby in the north, Curienne in the east, Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré in the south, Myans in the south-west and La Ravoire in the north-west.
history
The community was called Triviers until 1872. Challes, whose name probably goes back to the late Latin casula , was a hamlet and mansion north of Triviers, but after the discovery of sulphurous thermal springs in 1841 it finally became the center of the community.
In the Middle Ages the parish belonged to the diocese of Grenoble and was first mentioned in 1110 as Trivers in its documents . In Challes, on the other hand, there was a small manor with a permanent house . As part of Savoy , the community came to France in 1860.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 1,448 | 2,031 | 2,308 | 2,580 | 2,801 | 3,931 | 4,829 | 5,100 |
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With 5590 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Challes-les-Eaux is one of the medium-sized communes in the Savoie department. Due to increasing urbanization in the second half of the 20th century, the place gained importance as a suburb of Chambéry and experienced a multiplication of its population within a few decades, which had been evenly at around 600 in the previous centuries.
Attractions
- The castle of Challes-les-Eaux, built in 1450, was once the seat of the Lords of Challes. It was sold to a middle-class family during the French Revolution and converted into a hotel in 1860. It still performs this function today.
- Triviers' former permanent home dates back to the 16th century and was converted into condominiums in 1995 after being used as a holiday colony and hotel. It is surrounded by a park with mature trees, including sequoias.
- The bathing facilities from the 1870s use the thermal spring discovered in 1841 and its high sulfur content.
- The casino, built in 1883 in the style of the Empire , is a multi-wing building in the middle of a small park. Towards the end of the Second World War , the German army used it as a hospital.
- The church building is a new building from 1837 and contains a bell from the 16th century, which is classified as a monument historique .
- City cinema "Challenger" in the former community hall built in 1935.
- In addition to the town center, the Mont Saint-Michel rises up to 895 m and allows an unobstructed view of the western part of the greater Chambéry area and the Chartreuse mountains. It is accessed by a network of hiking trails and nature trails that start in Challes-les-Eaux. On its summit, which already belongs to the neighboring municipality of Curienne, there is a chapel of medieval origin.
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the Italian municipality of Godiasco Salice Terme in the province of Pavia (Lombardy) since 1997 and 2000 respectively.
Economy and Infrastructure
After Challes-les-Eaux was dominated by agriculture well into the 20th century, it is only of secondary importance today. The municipality is predominantly a residential municipality whose employees work in the Chambéry area. It also has a number of small local businesses as well as some medium-sized businesses. One of the largest employers is a private hospital with 260 beds and around 100 doctors, which was created in 2009 by merging several clinics.
The former Route nationale 6 (now: Départementstraße 1006), the road connection between Chambéry and Modane , runs through the municipality . The two-lane city motorway from Chambéry, the still toll-free A43 in this area, with junctions a few kilometers away, runs on the western edge of the municipality . Part of the Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux airfield, which opened in 1913, is located in the municipality. From there, glider pilots and small aircraft take off. The Chambery-Savoie passenger airport is 16 km away. The station in the center of Chambéry on the Culoz – Modane railway is officially called Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux and offers a connection to the SNCF network.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Challes-les-Eaux (French)
- Challes-les-Eaux Tourist Office (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Challes-les-Eaux - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 14, 2014 (French).
- ↑ A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 126 ff . (French, limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 282, 714 (French, online at BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Bell from the first quarter of the 16th century. in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ^ Complete dossier on Challes-les-Eaux. In: INSEE . Retrieved September 14, 2014 (French).