Misérieux
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Canton | Trévoux | |
| Community association | Dombes Saône Vallée | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 58 ′ N , 4 ° 49 ′ E | |
| height | 211-280 m | |
| surface | 7.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,941 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 262 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01600 | |
| INSEE code | 01250 | |
| Website | www.miserieux.fr | |
.JPG) The municipal administration ( mairie ) of Misérieux |
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Misérieux is a French commune with 1,941 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Trévoux in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse and is a member of the Dombes Saône Vallée municipal association .
geography
location
Misérieux is located at 232 m , about 41 kilometers southwest of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse , 24 kilometers north of the city of Lyon and 37 km south of the city of Mâcon (as the crow flies). The village is part of the countryside and historical province of Dombes in the east in the southwest of the department. Neighboring communities of Misérieux are Ars-sur-Formans and Savigneux (point of contact) in the northeast, Rancé (point of contact) and Toussieux in the southeast, Trévoux in the south and Sainte-Euphémie and Frans in the west.
topography
The 7.41 km 2 municipal area covers a section at the transition between the Saône valley and the Dombes plateau, with terrain characterized by gently sloping foothills of the plateau. The name-giving stream Formans crosses the municipality from northeast to southwest and drains the municipal soil towards the Saône. The village extends on a hill between the Formans and the Morbier , which flows in from the southeast. The communal land is used intensively for agriculture (fields 58%, meadows 14%, other agricultural areas 7%). The remainder is accounted for by settlement areas (around 12%) and forests (9%).
Community structure
In addition to the town center, which is divided into several parts, Misérieux also includes some separately located hamlet settlements and farms, including:
- Cibeins ( 226 m ) on the northwest side of the Formans
- La Torine ( 219 m ) in a side valley of the Morbier south of the village
- Les Bruyères de Misérieux ( 259 m ) at the southern tip of the municipality and part of the cross-municipal settlement of Les Bruyères, which extends from Saint-Didier-de-Formans via Sainte-Euphémie, Misérieux to Toussieux.
history
The banks of the nearby Saone were already settled in Roman times; in the Misérieux area, individual finds of coins and bricks from this period have been made.
In the High Middle Ages , the place first appeared on the maps of the Lyonnais in 984, at which time it was already the site of a church ( Ecclesia de Misiriaco ) and later a parish church. Other spelling variants, initially latinized, were Miseriacus and Meyseriacus . From 1226 Misereu and finally Mizerieux are recorded. In 1801 the two variants Mizerieux and Misérieux appeared at the same time. In the Middle Ages, the place was initially part of the property of the Lords of Thoire-Villars, who sold it to the Lords of Beaujeu in 1402 together with other lands in the western part of the Dombes .
The municipality part of Cibein was also the seat of a small lordship in the Middle Ages, which was first mentioned in 1097, the early spellings were Sibens (1296) and Civins (1356). The rule came into the possession of the Archbishop of Lyon in 1228 , from whom it was first sold to the Lords of Beaujeu and later to a local family in the 14th century.
Attractions
The two-aisled village church of Saint-Martin was built in the 16th century instead of a medieval predecessor, to which the documentary mention of 984 referred. The church building, inscribed as monument historique , received a new bell tower in 1823 and was renewed and expanded in 1865. The main nave is divided into four bays, three of which are connected to the side aisles via pointed arches , and is covered with ribbed vaults . The choir is separated from the rest of the building by a flying buttress and has a yoke and an apse with a five-eighth end . The facade on the west portal is neo-Gothic in style .
The built in 1718 Château de Cibeins replaced a medieval feast house after Cibeins had been elevated to the county. Since 1918 it has housed an agricultural school. The property includes the rectangular castle with two inner courtyards, a burial chapel and a castle garden with a pond. In addition, several farmsteads and farm buildings belong to the current school complex. Two other well-preserved courts from the 17th and 18th centuries in Misérieux are also inscribed as monument historique.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 564 |
| 1968 | 575 |
| 1975 | 686 |
| 1982 | 868 |
| 1990 | 1,224 |
| 1999 | 1,430 |
| 2006 | 1,694 |
| 2011 | 1,779 |
With 1941 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Misérieux is one of the smaller communities in the Ain department. After the population had fallen steadily from a high of 729 to 570 in the second half of the 19th century, it fluctuated between these values in the first half of the 20th century. The 1970s saw a strong increase in population that has continued to this day. The local residents of Misérieux are called Miselan (ne) s in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Miserieux was a predominantly agricultural village well into the 20th century . Their share of local businesses is around a tenth today, whereas most businesses belong to local small businesses. The agricultural high school in Cibeins is an important employer. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area, especially in the greater Lyon area.
The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares and is connected to the surrounding neighboring communities via departmental roads. The nearest motorway connection to the A6 is around 8 km away in Villefranche, whose train station on the Paris – Marseille line is the closest to Misérieux. The airport in the region is Lyon-St-Exupéry (45 km).
education
In Misérieux there is a state école primaire (elementary school with integrated preschool ) and the state agricultural high school (French: lycée agricole ) in Cibeins.
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. .
- ^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 158 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b c É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 115, 261 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Misérieux - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 23, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ^ Église paroissiale Saint-Martin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ Château de Cibeins in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ^ Ferme au Picou in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ Ferme à Berlières in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Commune de Misérieux - Dossier complet. In: INSEE . Retrieved September 23, 2015 (French).
