Lochieu
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| local community | Arvière-en-Valromey | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 56 ' N , 5 ° 44' E | |
| Post Code | 01260 | |
| Former INSEE code | 01218 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Lochieu is a village and a former French municipality with 87 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 Belley .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Virieu-le-Petit , Brénaz , Chavornay and Lochieu were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Arvière-en-Valromey and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Virieu-le-Petit.
geography
Lochieu is located at 610 m , about 20 kilometers north of the city of Belley and 49 km southeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (as the crow flies). The farming village extends in the southeast of Bugey , in a panoramic position on the lower western slope of the Grand Colombier , in the valley of the Valromey , above the Arvière valley cut.
The Valromey forms a wide depression between two high Jura ridges oriented in a north-south direction . The western part is occupied by the Arvière basin . Here the Arvière unites with the northern side stream Brise . From the basin the area extends eastward over the slope of Lochieu and the subsequent densely wooded steep slope ( Forêt d'Arvière ) to the Hergues (up to 1390 m ) and the ridge of the Grand Colombier, on which at 1402 m the highest elevation in the Area of Lochieu is reached.
The neighboring towns of Lochieu are Brénaz in the north, Corbonod and Anglefort in the east, Virieu-le-Petit in the south and Champagne-en-Valromey in the west.
history
In the remote headwaters of the Arvière on the ridge of the Grand Colombier was around 1135 under Amadeus III. The Carthusian monastery of Chartreuse d'Arvières was founded by Savoy . Lochieu has been under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy since the Middle Ages. With the Treaty of Lyon , the village came to France in 1601.
Attractions
The village church of Lochieu was rebuilt in the 19th century and contains, among other things, a marble altar from the monastery of Arvières. Of the secular buildings, a mansion built in 1501 should be mentioned. The Musée du Bugey-Valromey is located in a Renaissance house in the center of the village and shows visitors the life and handicrafts of Valromey since the 18th century. The ruins of the former Carthusian monastery have been preserved in which a botanical garden was laid out according to medieval tradition.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 107 |
| 1968 | 88 |
| 1975 | 80 |
| 1982 | 65 |
| 1990 | 69 |
| 1999 | 73 |
| 2006 | 86 |
| 2011 | 93 |
After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, the population has remained at a relatively constant level since the early 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Lochieu was a predominantly agricultural village well into the 20th century . 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 village is off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Artemare to Brénaz. There are other road connections with Champagne-en-Valromey and Passin.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 01-2018-12-17-007 on the creation of the Commune nouvelle Arvière-en-Valromey of December 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Chartreuse d'Arvières in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Lochieu - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved June 11, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).