Allinges
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute-Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Thonon-les-Bains | |
| Canton | Thonon-les-Bains | |
| Community association | Thonon agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 20 ′ N , 6 ° 28 ′ E | |
| height | 438-750 m | |
| surface | 15.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,459 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 297 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 74200 | |
| INSEE code | 74005 | |
| Website | www.allinges.com | |
Allinges is a French commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
Allinges is located at 538 m , four kilometers south-southwest of the town of Thonon-les-Bains (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Chablais, in a panoramic position south of Lake Geneva , above the valley of the Ruisseau des Blaves, at the northern foot of a range of hills in the Savoy Prealps.
The area of the 15.01 square kilometers large municipal area covers a section of the central Chablais. The northern part of the municipal area lies on a north-sloping plateau, which is characterized by moraine deposits from the Ice Age Rhone glacier . It is drained to Lake Geneva through the Ruisseau des Blaves. The southern part is occupied by a narrow range of hills that reach the highest point of Allinges on the Maladière at 760 m . To the southwest, the municipality extends over the lowland of the Ruisseau du Redon to the edge of the extensive forest area Forêt de Planbois .
Community structure
In addition to the actual village center, Allinges includes various other villages and hamlet settlements. From southwest to northeast these are:
- Mésinges ( 511 m ) on the plateau at the northern foot of the Maladière
- Commelinges ( 550 m ) on the lower northern slope of the Maladière
- Château-Vieux ( 600 m ) on the south-eastern slope of the Allinges hills
- Mâcheron ( 582 m ) on a side stream of the Ruisseau des Blaves
- La Chavanne ( 545 m ) on the plateau east of the Ruisseau des Blaves
- Les Bougeries ( 545 m ) on the plateau east of the Ruisseau des Blaves
Neighboring communities of Allinges are Thonon-les-Bains in the north, Armoy , Lyaud and Orcier in the east, Draillant and Perrignier in the south and Margencel and Anthy-sur-Léman in the west.
history
The Burgundians probably built the first fortress (on the site of the later Château Vieux) on the hill above Allinges in the 5th century AD. The place name appears for the first time in the 10th century as Alingo . Later the names Alingis (1138), Allinges (1196) appeared, and for a long time the official name was Les Allinges . This place name is derived from the personal name Alo , which is a short form of various typical Burgundian names (Alethius, Alaricus, Alamar).
The Château Neuf was built under Rudolf II of Burgundy in the 10th century. The Lords of Allinges were henceforth the administrators appointed by the Abbey of Saint-Maurice in Chablais. In the 13th and 14th centuries there were long disputes between the Château Neuf, which belonged to the House of Savoy, and the neighboring Château Vieux, which was in the hands of the heirs of the Lords of Faucigny. These disputes eventually led to the destruction of the Château Vieux, and its ownership passed to the Counts of Savoy in the Treaty of Paris in 1355 . In 1703 the Château Neuf was destroyed by the troops of Louis XIV .
Attractions
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The village church of Allinges dates from the 19th century. On the hill above Allinges are the ruins of Château Vieux and Château Neuf as well as the Romanesque chapel of Saint-François-de-Sales, which was built in the 11th century and contains important frescoes from the time it was built.
In Mésinges there are the ruins of a fortification tower and a pre-Romanesque chapel.
Pierre du Diable
The Pierre du Diable (Devil's Stone - also called Pierre à Passet (one of the local names of the devil)), classified as a historical monument, is an irregular boulder about 25.0 m in circumference and 8.0 m in height. The Devil's Stone has 13 bowls on its top , which makes it a place of worship for the prehistoric population. This continued into the Christian era. In order to eradicate it, the clergy declared that the presence of this boulder was due to the devil.
Other bowl stones were discovered in the area of the Collines du Léman.
population
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 903 |
| 1968 | 1115 |
| 1975 | 1576 |
| 1982 | 2,098 |
| 1990 | 2627 |
| 1999 | 3021 |
| 2006 | 3472 |
| 2017 | 4459 |
With 4,459 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Allinges is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the Haute-Savoie department. In the last few decades there has been a continuous strong growth in the number of inhabitants. Outside the old village center and in the area of La Chavanne and Les Bougeries, larger single-family houses were built.
Economy and Infrastructure
Allinges was a predominantly agricultural village well into the 20th century . Today there are various local small businesses as well as construction and trading companies. A large number of employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area, especially in Thonon-les-Bains.
The village is off the main thoroughfares, but can be easily reached from Thonon-les-Bains via the connecting road D903 (to Bons-en-Chablais ). Further road connections exist with Margencel and Lyaud. In the municipality there was a train station on the Annemasse – Thonon-les-Bains line .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Allinges (French)
- Pierre du diable (French)