Domessin
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Chambery | |
| Canton | Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin | |
| Community association | Val Guiers | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 32 ' N , 5 ° 43' E | |
| height | 235-364 m | |
| surface | 9.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,855 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 189 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73330 | |
| INSEE code | 73100 | |
| Website | www.domessin.fr | |
.JPG) Center of Domessin |
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Domessin is a French commune with 1,855 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin in the Arrondissement of Chambéry and is a member of the Val Guiers municipal association .
geography
location
Domessin is located on the western edge of the department at 348 m , about 17 kilometers west of the prefecture of Chambéry , 72 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Lyon and 39 kilometers north of the city of Grenoble (as the crow flies). Neighboring communities of Domessin are Belmont-Tramonet in the north, Verel-de-Montbel in the northeast, La Bridoire in the East, Saint-Béron and Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre in the south, Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne which the Isère belonging Part of Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin , the Savoyard Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin and Romagnieu to the west.
topography
The area of the 9.83 km 2 municipality covers part of the Avant-Pays Savoyard , the Savoyard foreland characterized by gentle elevations between the border river Guiers and the southern end of the main anticlines of the Jura . The communal soil, with a slight relief, reaches its highest elevation in the east at 364 m and slopes down to the west to the valley des Guiers, which forms the western communal boundary with the exception of a section belonging to Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin. Together with its tributary Tier , which runs the border on the opposite side, it drains the municipal area. The community is a scattered settlement , the majority of which is used for agriculture. Some larger hamlets are (starting from the northwest) Gubin, Le Buyat, Revillet and Le Magnin.
history
The place Domessin was first mentioned in 1121 in the High Middle Ages as the site of a church ( Ecclesia Sancte Marie de Domaissin ). A later Latinized spelling was Domessinum . The name goes back to the proper name "Domitius".
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 954 |
| 1968 | 971 |
| 1975 | 995 |
| 1982 | 1,130 |
| 1990 | 1,271 |
| 1999 | 1,367 |
| 2006 | 1,502 |
| 2011 | 1,793 |
With 1,855 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Domessin is one of the smaller communities in the Savoie department. After the population had slowly but steadily declined since Savoy was annexed to France (1372 inhabitants were counted in 1861), the trend reversed in the 1980s into a strongly pronounced steady population increase. The local residents of Domessin are called Domessinois (es) in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
To this day, Domessin is predominantly a village characterized by agriculture , the usable area of which is declining slightly due to the strong increase in population and the resulting expansion of the settlement area. There are also various local small-scale businesses and some medium-sized businesses. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and in the neighboring departments.
The place is off the major thoroughfares in a network of departmental roads that connect it with its neighboring communities. The next motorway connection to the A43 (Lyon – Chambéry) is eight kilometers away at Saint-Genix. The airports in the region are Lyon-St-Exupéry (distance 67 km) and Chambéry-Savoie (28 km).
education
There is a primary school in Domessin ( école primaire ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 163 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Domessin - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on April 26, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ^ Complete dossier on Domessin. In: INSEE . Retrieved April 26, 2015 (French).