Chanay
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Nantua | |
| Canton | Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | |
| Community association | Pays Bellegardien | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 0 ' N , 5 ° 47' E | |
| height | 260-1,184 m | |
| surface | 18.10 km 2 | |
| Residents | 625 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01420 | |
| INSEE code | 01082 | |
| Website | www.mairie-chanay.fr | |
Chanay is a French commune of 625 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and the Arrondissement Nantua and is a member of the community association Pays Bellegardien .
geography
Chanay is located at 492 m , about twelve kilometers south of the town of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 48 kilometers east-southeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (beeline). The village extends in a promising location on a plateau west of the deeply cut Rhone Valley , at the eastern foot of the Jura ridge , which stretches north from the Grand Colombier to the Crêt du Nu .
The area of the 18.10 km 2 municipality covers a section of the Rhône valley. The eastern part of the municipality is occupied by the plateau of Chanay, which lies at an average of 480 m . It descends gradually towards the east and is subdivided by the valleys of short side streams of the Rhône. The eastern border runs along the Rhône, which flows here from north to south in a valley sunk deep into the surroundings and in sections flanked by rock walls. In the south the border is marked by the erosion valley of the Dorche . To the west, the community area extends over the steep slope to the adjoining Jura ridge in the area of the Col de Richemond pass crossing ( 1036 m ). On the Crêt Dauphin , the highest point of Chanay is reached at 1200 m .
In addition to the actual village, Chanay also includes various hamlets and farms, including:
- Dorches ( 370 m ) in the valley of the Dorche
- Contamine ( 440 m ) on the Chanay plateau
- Vovray ( 540 m ) on the Chanay plateau at the foot of the Jura
- Pyrimont ( 300 m ) on the Rhône
Neighboring communities of Chanay are Lhôpital and Surjoux in the north, Challonges and Bassy in the east, Corbonod in the south and Haut-Valromey with Songieu in the west.
history
Chanay is first mentioned in a document in the 10th century and at that time belonged to the property of the Nantua monastery . The names Chagnay (1365) and Chaney (1400) have survived from a later period . The place name goes back to the old French word chasnoi (oak grove). In the 12th century, Chanay was part of the Dorches rule. In the 14th century, the place was the center of the Chanay-d'Izernore rule.
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Asphalt mines used to be exploited in the Rhone Valley near Pyrimont . Ruins of the asphalt factories still stand today, and the Pyrimont-Chanay station on the Lyon-Genève railway line , which was built for loading, is no longer served. The Château de Pyrimont , built above the mines in 1835 , belonged to the owners of the asphalt mines. The pont de Pyrimont road bridge, completed in 1907, crossed the Rhône at the level of the station . The bridge was blown up in 1940 during the Second World War by French soldiers before the advancing Germans and was never rebuilt.
Attractions
The parish church of Chanay was built in the 15th century and remodeled in the 19th century; it served as the burial place of the Lords of Dorches. The Château de Chanay originally dates back to the 14th century and was rebuilt in the 19th century. Ruins of the medieval castle Dorches (12th century) have been preserved, especially a square tower is inscribed as monument historique . The hamlet of Dorches is characterized by several farmhouses from the 17th and 18th centuries. At Pyrimont, the pillars of the bridge that was blown up in 1940 protrude from the dammed Rhône.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 499 |
| 1968 | 472 |
| 1975 | 464 |
| 1982 | 426 |
| 1990 | 410 |
| 1999 | 573 |
| 2006 | 601 |
| 2011 | 627 |
With 625 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Chanay is one of the small communities in the Ain department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, a marked increase in population has been recorded since the beginning of the 1990s. The local residents of Chanay are called Chaneru (e) s in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Chanay was a predominantly agricultural village. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many of the employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and mainly in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.
The village is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the D991 departmental road from Châtillon-en-Michaille to Seyssel . Another road connection exists with Challonges east of the Rhône via a new Rhône bridge near Surjoux. The closest connection to the A40 motorway is around 18 kilometers away.
In Chanay there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Marie-Claude Guigue: Topography Historique du Département de l'Ain . Bourg-en-Bresse et Lyon, A. Brun, 1873, p. 74 (French, online [accessed January 18, 2014]).
- ↑ Rhônebrücke Pyrimont. In: Structurae
- ↑ Château de la Dorches in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Chanay - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved June 6, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).