Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin

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Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin
Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin (France)
Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Annecy
Canton Faverges
Community association Vallées de Thônes
Coordinates 45 ° 48 '  N , 6 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 '  N , 6 ° 22'  E
height 745-2,407 m
surface 18.52 km 2
Residents 242 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 74230
INSEE code
Website www.bouchet-mont-charvin.fr

Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin is a French municipality with 242 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Haute-Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .

geography

Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin is located at 935  m , northeast of Faverges , about 22 kilometers southeast of the city of Annecy (as the crow flies). The mountain village extends in the southern Bornes Alps at the foot of the Chaîne des Aravis , in the Chaise valley .

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​18.52 km² includes a section of the Bornes Alps and the uppermost part of the Chaise catchment area. This rises on the western slope of Mont Charvin and flows through a notched valley to the southwest towards Faverges. To the north, the community area extends to the heights of the Montagne de Sulens ( 1839  m ). In the east rises the Mont Charvin (with 2409  m the highest point of Le Bouchet), which together with the Aiguilles du Mont ( 2132  m ) forms the south-western end of the Aravis chain. The municipality extends to the south up to the Col de l'Epine .

In addition to the actual town center, Le Bouchet also includes various hamlet settlements and farms, including:

  • Cons ( 930  m ) on the south-eastern slope of the Chaise valley
  • La Savatte ( 1144  m ) on the southeastern slope of the Chaise valley at the foot of Mont Charvin

Neighboring communities of Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin are Manigod in the north, Ugine in the east, Val-de-Chaise with Marlens in the south and Serraval in the west.

history

The place was only separated from Serraval in 1877 and made an independent municipality. From then until the end of 2013, the name Le Bouchet existed ; to avoid confusion with the hamlet of Le Bouchet of Le Grand-Bornand , the municipality was finally officially named Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin .

Attractions

The village church of Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin dates from the 19th century.

population

Population development
year Residents
1962 175
1968 147
1975 125
1982 120
1990 116
1999 174
2006 239

With 242 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin is one of the smallest communities in the Haute-Savoie department. In the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, the population decreased continuously due to strong emigration (in 1876 there were still 495 inhabitants in Le Bouchet). Since the beginning of the 1990s, however, a significant increase in population has been recorded.

Economy and Infrastructure

Until well into the 20th century, Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin was a village dominated by agriculture and alpine farming. Today there are individual small businesses. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area. The mountain village also benefits from modest summer tourism.

The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares. It can be reached from Serraval or from Marlens.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Décret n ° 2013-986 from 5 November 2013 portant changement du nom de communes. In: Légifrance . Retrieved December 3, 2014 (French).
  2. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
  3. Le Bouchet-Mont-Charvin - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved December 3, 2014 (French).