Les Avanchers-Valmorel
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Moûtiers | |
| Community association | Vallées d'Aigueblanche | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 29 ′ N , 6 ° 27 ′ E | |
| height | 680-2,600 m | |
| surface | 21.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 784 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73260 | |
| INSEE code | 73024 | |
| Website | www.lesavanchers.fr | |
.JPG) View from Valmorel to Avanchers; Grand-Cœur in the background |
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Les Avanchers-Valmorel is a French municipality with 784 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 and is a member of the Vallées d'Aigueblanche community association . The municipality is the main access point and center of the Valmorel ski area .
geography
location
Les Avanchers-Valmorel is located at 1,100 m , about 43 kilometers east-southeast of the prefecture of Chambéry , 84 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Geneva and 53 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Annecy (as the crow flies). The village is located in a side valley of the Isère in the historic province of Tarentaise . Neighboring municipalities of Les Avanchers-Valmorel are
- Bonneval and La Léchère in the north-west,
- Grand-Aigueblanche with Aigueblanche in the north and Le Bois in the northeast,
- Saint-Jean-de-Belleville to the east and south,
- Saint François Longchamp in the southwest,
- the Celliers exclave of the commune of La Léchère to the west.
topography
The area of the municipal area of 21.93 km² includes the upper section of the Morel valley, a mountain stream and the left tributary of the Isère . The settlement area extends over the steeply rising valley flanks on both sides. The final basin is surrounded on three sides by high mountain ridges. In the south and east in particular, pointed rock peaks tower up on the municipal boundary, these are the Crève-Tête ( 2342 m ), the Grand Niélard ( 2544 m ), the Niélard ( 2559 m ) and the Mottet ( 2592 m ) in a clockwise direction . In the west, a gently pronounced mountain ridge delimits the municipality, it rises from 1400 m at Combelouvière to around 2000 m near the Col de la Madeleine . Here the municipal area partially includes the slopes on the other side of the ridge. Most of the lower areas are forested with a share of 47%, followed by alpine meadows (42%) and agricultural areas (20%). Rocky wasteland makes up 12.50% of the parish area.
Community structure
The community consists of the old town center of Les Avanchers at 1100 m and the winter sports resort of Valmorel, created in the 1970s, in a basin at around 1350 m . There are also a number of hamlet settlements , these are:
- Le Meiller ( 1140 m ), Quarante-Planes ( 1340 m ) and Lancheverne ( 1220 m ) on the west side of the Morel,
- Le Fey-dessous ( 918 m ), Le Fey-dessus ( 953 m ), La Grange ( 950 m ) and Cornet ( 986 m ) on the east side and down the valley from the town center,
- La Vernaz ( 1111 m ), La Charmette ( 1240 m ), Le Pré ( 1190 m ) and Le Crey ( 1240 m ) on the east side and up the valley from the town center.
history
The place Avanchers is first mentioned in the Middle Ages in the middle of the 13th century ( Avancheria 1258 and Curatus Avancheriorum 1278). The name goes back to avan and describes a place where willow trees are in abundance. Later spellings are Avanchiers (1638) and Avanchers-en-Tarentaise . A parish has been recorded since the 14th century, the lands belonged to the rule of Le Bois in the Ancien Régime .
The previously independent municipality of Les Avanchers merged with Aigueblanche in 1972, but this incorporation was reversed on January 1, 1988 and the municipality took the name Les Avanchers-Valmorel . A few years before that in 1976, the winter sports resort of Valmorel had opened. Since then, it has been continuously expanded and its lift systems have been modernized according to the current state of the art.
Attractions
The village church of Saint-André dates from the 17th century and has Romanesque architectural elements in addition to a Baroque interior. In the various hamlets there are chapels from the period between the 17th and 19th centuries.
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 453 |
| 1968 | 449 |
| 1975 | 458 |
| 1982 | 673 |
| 1990 | 732 |
| 1999 | 716 |
| 2006 | 761 |
| 2011 | 751 |
population
With 784 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Les Avanchers-Valmorel is one of the small communities in the Savoie department. At the end of the 19th century a rural exodus began, so that the number of inhabitants continuously declined in the 20th century (in 1886 there were still 742 inhabitants). It was not until the winter sports resort was created that this trend was reversed in the 1980s. The local residents of Les Avanchers-Valmorel are called Avancherain (e) s in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Les Avanchers-Valmorel was a predominantly agricultural village. Some dairy farmers are still active today , and there are also various local small-scale businesses. Only a small part of the working population uses the village as a residential community and commutes to work in the larger towns in the area.
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The ski area is designed in such a way that lifts starting in a star shape from Valmorel open up the surrounding slopes and lead slopes back into the village. It is directly connected to the lifts and slopes of Saint-François-Longchamp and Combelouvière (part of La Léchère) and offers a joint lift pass (“Grand Domaine”). The operator is Domaine Skiable de Valmorel SA , which is also the largest employer in town.
The village is located away from the major thoroughfares on a departmental road which , coming from Aigueblanche, only opens up the Morel valley and the various villages in the municipality. In the Isère valley, there is a connection to the national road N90 , which merges into the A43 motorway at Albertville . The nearest train station is around 15 km away in Moûtiers . Chambéry-Savoie (distance 94 km) and Geneva (127 km) are possible airports in the region .
education
In Les Avanchers-Valmorel there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ).
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. 40 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 214 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Les Avanchers-Valmorel - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved October 12, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Commune de Les Avanchers-Valmorel - Dossier complet. In: INSEE . Retrieved October 12, 2015 (French).
