Champdor
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| local community | Champdor-Corcelles | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 1 ′ N , 5 ° 36 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 01110 | |
| Former INSEE code | 01080 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | champdor.com ( Memento from October 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) | |
 Parish Church of Champdor |
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Champdor is a former French commune with the last 452 inhabitants (2013) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belonged to the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes and the Arrondissement of Nantua . In addition, she was a member of the community association Plateau d'Hauteville .
geography
Champdor is located at 833 m , five kilometers north of Hauteville-Lompnes and about 20 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Ambérieu-en-Bugey (beeline). The village extends in central Bugey , on the eastern edge of a wide depression of the High Jura , which is part of the Plateau d'Hauteville, at the foot of the Planachat ridge.
The area of the 17.37 km² municipal area covers a section of the southern French Jura. The central part is occupied by a broad trough oriented in north-south direction (on average at 820 m ), which forms a syncline in the Jura folds . This basin is drained to the south by the Albarine . In the west, this depression is flanked by the wooded ridge south of the Col du Cruchon ( 940 m ). To the east of the village the slope rises gently to the broad ridge of the Planachat anticline , which separates the high valley of the Albarine from the upper Valromey . Large parts of the ridge, which is up to 1183 m high, are forested ( Bois de Champdor and Forêt de Quatre Sauts ).
Some courtyard groups and individual courtyards belong to Champdor. Neighboring municipalities of Champdor are Brénod in the north, Le Petit-Abergement and Ruffieu in the east, Hauteville-Lompnes in the south and Corcelles in the west.
history
Champdor is first mentioned in 1198 under the name Chandouro . Over time, the spelling changed from Candolbrio (around 1200), Chandobrio (1222), Candobrio , Campumdubrium (1493) to Champdouroz (1563). The place name is probably of Celtic origin and is composed of the word components cando (white) or canto (border) and briga (fortified hill). From 1318 to 1516, with the exception of the years 1479 to 1491, Champdor belonged to the Lords of Luyrieux, who were under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy . With the Treaty of Lyon , the village came to France in 1601. The village rulership was initially incumbent on the de Michaud family and from 1672 on the de Montillet family, under whom the new castle was built at the beginning of the 18th century.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint-Victor et Saint-Ours in Champdor was built in the 16th century. The Château de Champdor with its four corner towers was completed in 1743; however, the outstanding tower was not built until 1851. Today it is owned by the municipality.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 327 |
| 1968 | 362 |
| 1975 | 365 |
| 1982 | 428 |
| 1990 | 459 |
| 1999 | 425 |
| 2006 | 438 |
| 2011 | 465 |
With 452 inhabitants most recently (as of 2013), Champdor was one of the small communities in the Ain department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (559 people were still counted in 1896), the population increased again until the 1980s. Since then, the population has remained at a relatively constant level. The local residents of Champdor are called Cambot (te) s in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Champdor was primarily a village characterized by agriculture , in particular dairy and cattle breeding, as well as forestry. In addition, there are now some local small and medium-sized businesses. The important companies include a sawmill, a furniture store and Vincent et Fils SA (mining of Jura limestone near Champdor and Hauteville-Lompnes). In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
In winter, Champdor benefits from tourism when cross- country skiing trails are groomed on the Plateau d'Hauteville .
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Hauteville-Lompnes to Saint-Martin-du-Frêne . Further road connections exist with Corcelles and via the Col de Cuvillat with Le Petit-Abergement in Valromey. The closest connection to the A40 motorway is around 18 kilometers away.
In Champdor there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ).
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Champdor ( Memento of October 23, 2009 on the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 88 (French, archives-numerisees.ain.fr [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 1 . Librairie Droz, 1990, ISBN 2-600-02883-8 , pp. 167 (French, books.google.com [accessed February 16, 2014]).
- ^ Noms de lieux de Suisse Romande, Savoie et environs - letter "C". In: henrysuter.ch. Retrieved February 16, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Champdor - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on June 3, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).