Hautecour (Savoie)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Moûtiers | |
| Community association | Coeur de Tarentaise | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ' N , 6 ° 33' E | |
| height | 599-2,282 m | |
| surface | 11.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 307 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73600 | |
| INSEE code | 73131 | |
| Website | www.hautecour-savoie.fr | |
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Hautecour is a French municipality with 307 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Moûtiers in the Arrondissement of Albertville . She is a member of the Cœur de Tarentaise community association .
geography
location
Hautecour is located at 1090 m , about 50 kilometers east of the prefecture of Chambéry , 84 km south-southeast of the city of Geneva and 73 km east-northeast of the city of Grenoble (as the crow flies). The municipality is located in the historic province of Tarentaise in the southern foothills of the Beaufortain massif on a wide ridge above the town of Moûtiers . Neighboring municipalities of Hautecour are La Léchère and Aime via a point of contact in the north, Montgirod and Saint-Marcel in the east, Moûtiers in the south and Grand-Aigueblanche in the west.
topography
The area of the 11.65 km 2 municipal area includes the evenly sloping ridge of the 2297 m high Quermoz , an elevation in the southern Beaufortain, which the Isère flows around in a southern loop. This ridge is about two kilometers wide in the area of the valley flank above the river and tapers in the course of the ascent to the Quermoz . It is bordered on the sides by wooded steep slopes characterized by rock formations, which sharply separate the settlement area from that of Aigueblanche and Saint-Marcel. Following this terrain formation, the municipality forms an elongated strip in a north-south direction. A small stream rises above Le Villard and drains the sloping plateau of the ridge down to Moûtiers. Overall, the proportion of forest in the community area is 65%, that with grass and low vegetation is 25%.
Community structure
The municipality of Hautecour consists of a town center and several hamlet settlements :
- Le Villard ( 1200 m ) on the eastern edge of the populated highlands, separated from Saint-Marcel by a wooded steep slope,
- Le Breuil ( 1100 m ) capital of the municipality,
- Hautecour-la-Basse ( 900 m ) hamlet on the road from Moûtiers to Le Breuil,
- Gregny ( 950 m ) hamlet on the road from Moûtiers to Le Breuil.
history
The Tarentaise was already settled by the Celtic people of the Ceutrons before Roman times. From Hautecour, whose name probably goes back to the Latin alta curtis (homestead on a hill), a person named Guibertus de Altacuria has come down to us from 1140 . Later in the 12th century it was mentioned along with other parish churches in the Tarentaise.
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Étienne in the main town of Le Breuil still has its Romanesque bell tower from the 12th century, while the main building was replaced in the 17th century and aisles were added. It is inscribed as a monument historique and was renovated in the 1990s. Your interior is designed in neoclassical and baroque styles. In each of the hamlets and in addition to the village church in the main town there are prayer chapels, most of which were built at the beginning of the 17th century.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 270 |
| 1968 | 196 |
| 1975 | 201 |
| 1982 | 201 |
| 1990 | 282 |
| 1999 | 273 |
| 2006 | 300 |
| 2011 | 310 |
With 307 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Hautecour is one of the small communities in the Savoie department. After the population declined in the first half of the 20th century (in 1901 there were still 468 inhabitants), a slight increase in population has been recorded since the end of the 20th century. The local residents of Hautecour are called Hautacortain (e) s in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Hautecour was a village dominated by alpine farming that benefited from the south-facing hillside location. In addition, there are now various local small businesses. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The municipality is located away from the major thoroughfares on a departmental road (D85), which serpentines from Moûtiers to the villages of the municipality. Moûtiers, as a traffic junction of the Tarentaise, offers a connection to the N90 and regional rail connections via the Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny – Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway line . Chambéry-Savoie (distance 95 km) and Geneva (127 km) are possible airports in the region .
education
There is a primary school ( école primaire ) in Hautecour .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. .
- ↑ A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 228 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 452 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ Église de Hautecour in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Hautecour - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on February 22, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ^ Complete dossier on Hautecour. In: INSEE . Retrieved February 22, 2015 (French).
