Hauteville-Lompnes
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| local community | Plateau d'Hauteville | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 59 ′ N , 5 ° 36 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 01110 | |
| Former INSEE code | 01185 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall of Hauteville-Lompnes |
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Hauteville-Lompnes (also Hauteville-Lompnes written) is a former municipality and today's commune Déléguée in the French department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It contained the administrative seat of the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes in the Arrondissement Belley and the administrative seat of the community association Plateau d'Hauteville . By decree of December 12, 2018 and with effect from January 1, 2019, it was merged with Cormaranche-en-Bugey , Hostiaz and Thézillieu to form the Commune nouvelle Plateau d'Hauteville .
geography
Hauteville-Lompnes is located at 810 m , about 20 kilometers east of the city of Ambérieu-en-Bugey and 38 km southeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (beeline). The mountain health resort extends in central Bugey , slightly elevated on the eastern edge of a wide valley of the High Jura , which is part of the Plateau d'Hauteville, at the foot of the Planachat ridge.
The area of the 50.34 km² large municipality covers a section of the southern French Jura. The central part is occupied by a wide trough oriented in north-south direction (on average at 780 m ), which forms a syncline in the Jura folds . In the south of this depression lies the extensive moorland Marais de Vaux with the moor lake Étang des Lésines . The area is drained by the Albarine , which reaches the depression from the north, flows across it and to the west of it plunges with a waterfall ( Cascade de Charabotte ) into a deeply cut erosion valley surrounded by striking rock walls.
In the east, the valley is flanked by the wooded ridge that stretches from the plan agate northwards over the ridge of the Combe de Mazière (at 1240 m, the highest elevation in Hauteville-Lompnes) and the Col de la Rochette to the Bois de la Valorse ( 1200 m ) moves. This anticline separates the Plateau d'Hauteville from Valromey to the east . To the west, the community area extends over a series of narrow ridges to the Tré Pellay ( 1011 m ). The mountain ranges with Dergis ( 1000 m ), Forêt Domaniale de Jailloux and the Longecombe plateau, which adjoin the Albarine gorge to the south, also belong to the municipality.
The community consisted of the two main settlements of Hauteville ( 810 m ) and Lompnes ( 820 m ), which have now grown together, as well as numerous villages, hamlets and farms, including:
- L'Orcet ( 850 m ) above Hauteville
- Les Lésines ( 770 m ) on the edge of the Marais de Vaux
- Nantuy ( 740 m ) at the upper entrance to the Gorges de l'Albarine
- La Ragiaz ( 815 m ) on the edge of the Bois de l'Esclas
- Lacoux ( 800 m ) on a ledge north of the Gorges de l'Albarine
- La Bertinière ( 835 m ) on the plateau north of the Gorges de l'Albarine
- Longecombe ( 820 m ) on the plateau south of the Gorges de l'Albarine
- Grand Dergis ( 900 m ) on the western slope of the Dergis ridge
- Dergis-Sainte-Anne ( 870 m ) on the western slope of the Dergis ridge
- Dergis-Michaud ( 890 m ) on the western slope of the Dergis ridge
- Cérarge ( 870 m ) west of the Longecombe valley
- Pouvillieu ( 890 m ) on a saddle south of Longecombe
Neighboring towns of Hauteville-Lompnes are Aranc and Champdor-Corcelles with Champdor in the north, Ruffieu and Lompnieu in the east, Cormaranche-en-Bugey , Thézillieu and Hostiaz in the south and Tenay , Chaley and Évosges in the west.
history
The municipality of Hauteville-Lompnes was settled very early. Evidence of the presence of humans during the Neolithic as well as during the Roman times has been found.
Hauteville was first mentioned in 1137 under the name Alta Villa (meaning high, high village ); from 1563 the spelling Aute Ville has been handed down. Lompnes was built in the 12th century at a mansion of the Counts of Savoy , to whom the whole area was under the control of the 11th century. With the Treaty of Lyon , Hauteville and Lompnes came to France in 1601.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the villages of Hauteville and Lompnes, which were still independent communities at the time, developed into important mountain health resorts for tuberculosis sufferers, known throughout Europe . This led to the construction of numerous sanatoriums and a tourist and economic boom in the Plateau d'Hauteville. In 1909 the construction of a tramway from Tenay to Hauteville was started, which should lead through a series of tunnels due to the difficult topography. However, the work was stopped with the beginning of the First World War . Both villages experienced rapid growth and merged with effect from July 31, 1942 to form the municipality of Hauteville-Lompnes. Another change in area took place on September 1, 1964, when the previously independent communities Lacoux and Longecombe were incorporated into Hauteville-Lompnes.
Jurassic limestone has been mined near Hauteville-Lompnes since the 19th century and was used, among other things, for the construction of the Empire State Building in New York and the Capitol in Washington.
Attractions
The parish church of Notre-Dame was rebuilt in the 19th century. Other places of worship include the Romanesque chapel Saint-Pierre in Lompnes, the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Mazières (originally from the 16th century, rebuilt in the 19th century) in a remote valley on the ascent to Col de la Rochette, and the church von Lacoux and the Church of Longecombe, built in the late Gothic style in the 17th century .
The Château Angeville was built in 1640 on the ruins of the former residence of the Counts of Savoy. It has four towers and has been converted into a sanatorium. Remains of a castle from the 12th century can be seen at Longecombe. Lacoux is home to the Center d'Art Contemporain, which shows contemporary art exhibitions.
population
With 3,653 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Hauteville-Lompnes was one of the medium-sized communities in the Ain department. After the population had increased significantly at the beginning of the 20th century, it reached its highest level in the mid-1950s with around 5500 villagers. After that there was a steady decline. Various fluctuations with an overall downward trend were registered up to around 2000. Since then there has been a significant increase in population. The local residents of Hauteville-Lompnes are called Hautevillois (es) in French .
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
| Residents | 4,071 | 3,841 | 1,975 | 3,597 | 3,895 | 3,662 | 4.125 | 3,971 | 3,653 |
Economy and Infrastructure
Up until the beginning of the 20th century, Hauteville-Lompnes was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture and forestry. After that there was a rapid upswing to become a mountain health resort. Today, Hauteville-Lompnes, as the largest municipality in the surrounding area, performs its central function. There are numerous small and medium-sized businesses (precision engineering, wood processing, construction, electronic industry) as well as various shops that cover the needs of locals and tourists.
Even today, Hauteville-Lompnes is considered a health resort with a healthy climate. The former sanatoriums have been converted into rehabilitation centers, used for other purposes or are partly empty. The community is a popular resort and is geared towards both summer and winter sports. On the mountain slope east of Hauteville-Lompnes, several downhill slopes are operated in winter, which are accessed by ski lifts. Cross-country trails are groomed on the Plateau d'Hauteville. In addition, there are football fields, tennis courts, sports halls, an indoor swimming pool, an outdoor pool and an equestrian center available to recreational athletes. The community is the location of a casino.
The place is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on a departmental road that leads from Saint-Martin-du-Frêne over the Col de la Lèbe to Artemare . Other regional road connections exist with Tenay , Jujurieux and via the Col de la Rochette with Ruffieu in Valromey. The closest connection to the A40 motorway at Saint-Martin-du-Frêne is around 25 kilometers away.
In Hauteville-Lompnes there is a pre-school ( école maternelle ), a primary school ( école élémentaire ) and a comprehensive school ( collège , all three of which are publicly funded).
Town twinning
Hauteville-Lompnes is by a twinning associated with
- Ronneburg (Thuringia) , Germany , since 2003.
Personalities
- Roger Pingeon (1940-2017), racing cyclist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 84 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 203, 229 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Hauteville-Lompnes. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).