Le Grand Abergement
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| local community | Haut Valromey | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 2 ' N , 5 ° 41' E | |
| Post Code | 01260 | |
| Former INSEE code | 01176 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Le Grand-Abergement is a former French commune of 118 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belonged to the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes and the Arrondissement of Nantua .
With effect from January 1, 2016, Le Grand-Abergement was merged with Hotonnes , Le Petit-Abergement and Songieu to form Commune nouvelle Haut Valromey .
geography
Le Grand-Abergement is located at 810 m , about 14 kilometers southwest of the town of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 39 kilometers east-southeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (beeline). The farming village extends in the eastern Bugey , in the valley of the upper Valromey , in a hollow on the eastern slope of the Séran , at the foot of the wide ridge of the Crêt du Nu .
Le Grand-Abergement included numerous farm groups and individual farms on the Jura high plateau. Neighboring towns of Le Grand-Abergement are Le Poizat and Lalleyriat in the north, Châtillon-en-Michaille and Villes in the east, Hotonnes and Ruffieu in the south and Le Petit-Abergement and Les Neyrolles in the west.
history
The municipality of Le Grand-Abergement was populated very early. Wall foundations of a Roman villa were found. The place was first mentioned in 1198 under the names Alberjament and Albergamenti ; The name Albergement has been handed down from 1365 . Since it was first mentioned, Le Grand-Abergement formed a parish that was dependent on the Nantua monastery . In the Middle Ages the village was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy . With the Treaty of Lyon , Le Grand-Abergement came to France in 1601.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint-Amand was built in Gothic styles. In the town center and on the Jura heights, numerous traditional-style farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. The Chapelle de Vézeronce on the Plateau de Retord was restored in the 19th century.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 148 | 116 | 87 | 80 | 96 | 108 | 103 | 134 |
After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, the population has remained at an almost constant level since the mid-1970s. The local residents of Le Grand-Abergement are called Pofs in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Le Grand-Abergement was a village dominated by agriculture and forestry. Even today, the residents mainly live from their work in the first sector. Some workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The plateau of the Plateau de Retord has developed into a popular winter sports area in recent decades. Thanks to its large area, it is primarily geared towards Nordic skiing , but there are also some short downhill slopes near Les Plans-d'Hotonnes (municipality of Hotonnes), which are accessed by several ski lifts.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Hotonnes to Nantua. Further road connections exist with Le Petit-Abergement, Brénod and via the Plateau de Retord with Châtillon-en-Michaille.
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. 58 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 195 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ Le Grand-Abergement - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved June 11, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).