Martignat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Nantua | |
| Canton | Nantua | |
| Community association | Haut-Bugey agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 13 ' N , 5 ° 37' E | |
| height | 490-974 m | |
| surface | 13.25 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,654 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 125 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01100 | |
| INSEE code | 01237 | |
| Website | www.martignat.com | |
Martignat is a French commune in the Ain department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
Martignat is located at 510 m , about seven kilometers south-southwest of the city of Oyonnax (as the crow flies). The village extends in the north of Bugey , in the wide valley of the Ange in the Jura , at the western foot of the Grande Côte .
The area of the 13.25 km² municipal area covers a section of the southern French Jura. The central part is occupied by the valley of the Ange, which has a width of about 1 km and forms a syncline in the Jura folds . It is drained to the south to the Oignin . To the west, the community soil extends to the ridge of the ridge ( 817 m ) that separates the Ange and Oignin valleys. To the east of the valley floor, the community area extends over a densely wooded slope onto the wide anticline of Mont Jora. Martignat's highest point is reached here at 974 m .
In addition to the actual village, Martignat also includes several hamlets and farms, including:
- Jargeat ( 540 m ) on the western slope of the Ange
- Evron ( 595 m ) on the eastern slope of the Ange
Martignat's neighboring municipalities are Groissiat in the north, Apremont in the east, Montréal-la-Cluse in the south and Izernore in the west.
history
The municipality of Martignat was already settled during the Roman and Burgundian times. In 855, King Lothar I donated the area around Martignat to the Saint-Oyen monastery (now Saint-Claude). The village was first mentioned in 1176 under the name Martiniacus . Over time, the spelling changed via Martinia (1250), Martignia (1267) and Martigniacus (1279) to the current name. The place name goes back to the Gallo-Roman personal name Martinius and means something like estate of Martinius .
By marriage, Martignat came to the rule of Thoire-Villars in 1250. With this, the village came under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy in 1402. With the Treaty of Lyon , Martignat came to France in 1601.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint-Maurice was built in the 15th century and was last extensively restored from 1996 to 2000.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 532 |
| 1968 | 547 |
| 1975 | 791 |
| 1982 | 875 |
| 1990 | 1.003 |
| 1999 | 1,265 |
| 2006 | 1,527 |
With 1654 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Martignat is one of the smaller communities in the Ain department. After the population had decreased slightly in the first half of the 20th century (597 people were still counted in 1891), a significant increase in population has been recorded since the mid-1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time Martignat was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture , especially dairy and cattle breeding, as well as forestry. In the first half of the 20th century, thanks to its proximity to Oyonnax, plastics processing companies also set up shop in Martignat. Today there are larger commercial and industrial zones on the outskirts. The important branches of industry represented in the area include plastics production, furniture production and precision engineering. Many workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the D984D département road , which leads from Montréal-la-Cluse via Oyonnax to Saint-Claude . Another road connection exists with Groissiat. The nearest connection to the A404 motorway (Saint-Martin-du-Frêne - Oyonnax), which crosses the municipality, is around 5 km away. Martignat has a train station on the railway line from Bourg-en-Bresse to Oyonnax.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Belles Lettres, 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 119 f . (French, limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 291 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 3, 2014]).