La Bâthie
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Albertville-1 | |
| Community association | Arlysere | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 38 ′ N , 6 ° 27 ′ E | |
| height | 346–2,460 m | |
| surface | 22.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,194 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 98 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73540 | |
| INSEE code | 73032 | |
| Website | www.labathie.fr | |
La Bâthie is a French commune with 2,194 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . La Bâthie belongs to the canton of Albertville-1 in the Albertville arrondissement .
geography
location
La Bâthie is located at 363 m on the east bank of the Isère in the historic province of Tarentaise , about 42 kilometers east of the prefecture of Chambéry , 67 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Geneva and 75 kilometers northeast of the city of Grenoble (as the crow flies). La Bâthie is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tours-en-Savoie in the north, Beaufort in the east and northeast, Cevins in the south and southeast, Saint-Paul-sur-Isère in the south and southwest and Esserts-Blay in the west.
topography
The area of the 22.45 km 2 municipality stretches from the middle of the Isère valley, on the right edge of which the town center is located, up to the high mountains of the Beaufortain massif with elevations well over 2000 m . The La Bâthie valley section is bordered by two small mountain tributaries of the Isère, the Nant Varin in the north and Bénétant in the south. The municipality floor reaches its highest point on the 2460 m high Pointe de la Grande Journée . This means that large parts of the municipality extend beyond the tree line , which is around 1800 m here . Overall, the proportion of forest in the municipal area is 57.3%, that with grass and low vegetation is 15.7%, rock and snow areas are 8.3%.
Community structure
In addition to the actual town center, La Bâthie also includes several hamlet settlements and farms, including:
- Biorges ( 600 m ) on a slope on the northern edge of the municipality,
- Saint-Didier ( 380 m ) on the edge of the valley near the Château de Chantemerle ,
- Arbine ( 384 m ) south and subsequently from La Bâthie,
- Langon ( 377 m ) on the southern edge of the municipality.
history
The Tarantaise was settled by the Celtic people of the Ceutrons before Roman times. The hamlet of Arbine , along with Tours-en-Savoie, is one of the two possible locations for the Roman Obilonna or Obilinum , which is recorded on the Tabula Peutingeriana .
La Bâthie first appeared in the Middle Ages in 1287 in the documents under Actum apud Bastiam in castro , the name denotes a fortified settlement built out of the ground. For a long time it was the residence of an archbishop, as such the place was mentioned in a document in 1324 ( Apud Bastiam in castro in camera domini archiepiscopi ). In the 16th and 18th centuries the place wrote itself La Bastie and La Bastie-en-Tarentaise . The current spelling with "h" is unusual in comparison with similar-sounding places in France and did not gain acceptance until the 19th century. The hamlet of Arbine was first mentioned in medieval documents in 1347 in connection with mills (Les moulins d'Ablonaz) .
population
| 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
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| 1,396 | 1,617 | 1,690 | 1,744 | 1,791 | 1,880 | 2,022 | 2,080 | 2,193 |
With 2194 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), La Bâthie is one of the medium-sized communities in the Savoie department. After the population had been stable in the region of 1200 from 1860 to 1950, the population has increased since the middle of the 20th century. The local residents of La Bâthie are called Bathiolain (e) s in French .
Attractions
- Ruins of the Chantemerle Castle, castle and palace complex from the 11th and 12th centuries, residence of the Archbishop of the Tarentaise
- Hydroelectric power plant
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, La Bâthie was a predominantly agricultural village. Today there are predominantly local small business and medium-sized businesses. In addition, the village has also developed into a residential community, around two thirds of which work in the larger towns in the area.
A hydroelectric power station has been generating electrical energy on the northern edge of the municipality since 1961. It is connected via a pressure line to the Roselend Dam , which is 15 km away (as the crow flies) and 1200 m higher , which together with the Gittaz Dam and the Saint-Guérin Dam forms a common storage area in the Beaufortain. The power plant works with six Pelton turbines and generates around one billion kWh annually with a maximum output of 550 MW. After passing through the turbine, the water is discharged to the Isère via a canal.
The N90 crosses as a major route of the Tarentaise the municipal area and opens it to a connection point. The N90 merges into the A430 motorway down the valley at Albertville . A bridge over the Isère connects the place with Esserts-Blay. The Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny – Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway also runs through the Isère Valley and has a larger train station in Albertville. Chambéry-Savoie (distance 67 km) and Geneva (100 km) are possible airports in the region .
education
La Bâthie has a pre-school ( école maternelle ) and a primary school ( école primaire ).
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 b c A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 31, 51 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 225, 709 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ La Bâthie - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved March 28, 2015 (French).
- ^ Complete dossier on La Bâthie. In: INSEE . Retrieved April 5, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
