Marthod
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Ugine | |
| Community association | Arlysere | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 44 ' N , 6 ° 24' E | |
| height | 372–2,062 m | |
| surface | 14.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,367 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 92 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73400 | |
| INSEE code | 73153 | |
 View of the snow-covered Marthod |
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Marthod is a municipality with 1367 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the French Savoie department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Ugine in the arrondissement of Albertville .
geography
Marthod is located in the western Alps in the lower valley of the Arly River , about 41 kilometers east-northeast of the associated prefecture of Chambéry and 57 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Geneva and (both as the crow flies). The neighboring municipalities are (starting from the north clockwise) Ugine , Queige , Césarches , Thénésol , Mercury and Val-de-Chaise with Marlens .
In the course of the valley, the 14.79 km 2 municipal area begins at the confluence of the Chaise in the Arly and includes the slopes on both flanks, with the village in the form of a scattered settlement mainly occupying the western flank. It has its lowest point at 372 m in the valley and rises to an altitude of 2062 m , the summit of the Dent de Cons mountain in the Bauges massif . The hamlet of Les Gaudins with its own chapel is located at the foot of the eastern slope, separated by the valley . The community area is largely covered by forests (52.6%), followed proportionally by meadows with 21.5% and other agricultural areas with 9.4%. Rock formations below the Dent de Cons account for 6%. The community is located within the Massif des Bauges Regional Nature Park .
Population development
With 1367 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Marthod is one of the small communities in Savoy.
| year | 1800 | 1836 | 1866 | 1901 | 1921 | 1946 | 1962 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,000 | 1,307 | 1,035 | 815 | 844 | 817 | 866 | 1,145 | 1,293 | 1,276 | 1,353 | 1,378 |
The local residents of Marthod are called Martholain (e) s in French .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1170 as de Marthodo , this name is derived from a Germanic proper name. The first church building, of which the portal still exists and is inscribed as a monument ( monument historique ) , also dates from this time . Later in the Middle Ages, the place appeared as Petrus de Marthodo (1286), Prioratus de Martou (1317) and Supra Marthoudum (1358). In the Middle Ages and the Ancien Régime, Marthod was a small rulership with changing owners who were under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy and thus shared the history of Savoy . The settlement was built on a slope so as not to be exposed to the risk of frequent flooding of the valley floor by the mountain river Arly.
Culture and sights
In addition to the parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste with its medieval portal, there is also an industrial monument in Marthod: the Taillanderie Busillet , a tool forge from 1835. Mainly forestry equipment and horse harnesses were manufactured here, a sawmill was also connected. The forge was operated with water power until the Second World War and ceased operations in 1987. Since then, it has been preserved in its original state and is accessible to visitors.
As part of the Barrière de fer , i.e. the re - fortification of the French borders after the Franco-Prussian War , two weir systems were built high above the Arly Valley in Marthod in 1874, the Fort de la Batterie ( Lage , 1444 m ) and the Fort de l 'Estal ( location , 790 m ). They are no longer used for military purposes today, and the former can be visited.
Economy and Infrastructure
Marthod is still today a predominantly agricultural and forestry village. Regional cheeses are produced as an essential product of agriculture, namely Reblochon and Beaufort , whose protected designations of origin overlap in the Arly valley. There are also some local small businesses and one medium-sized company in the construction industry. However, the majority of those in employment are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
traffic
The D1212 expressway between Ugine and Albertville and a railway line that the metal industry in Ugine uses to transport goods run in the valley floor . A side road, D129, flanking the expressway, enables access to the various parts of the village on the slope at several points. About 9 km away, the city of Albertville offers both a motorway connection to the A430 and a SNCF train station with TGV connections. The airports in the region are Geneva (90 km), Chambéry-Savoie (70 km) and Lyon-St-Exupéry (150 km).
education
There is a state Ecole Primaire in Marthod .
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. .
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ^ Marthod - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved November 14, 2012 (French).
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 2 . Librairie Droz, 1991, p. 852 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 270 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Entry no. PA00118273 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 491 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ Entry no. PA00135659 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Dossier statistique zu Marthod from INSEE (accessed in October 2012 from www.insee.fr).
