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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Canton | Ceyzériat | |
| Community association | Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 10 ′ N , 5 ° 17 ′ E | |
| height | 229-282 m | |
| surface | 13.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,992 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 145 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01250 | |
| INSEE code | 01254 | |
| Website | montagnat.fr | |
_-_Mairie.JPG) The municipal administration ( mairie ) of Montagnat |
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Montagnat is a French commune with 1,992 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Ceyzériat in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse .
geography
location
Montagnat is located at 261 m , about 6 km southeast of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse , 57 km northeast of the city of Lyon and 38 km east-southeast of the city of Mâcon (as the crow flies). The village extends on the south-eastern edge of the historical Bresse province . Neighboring municipalities of Montagnat are Saint-Just in the north, Ceyzériat and Revonnas in the east, Tossiat and Certines in the south, Péronnas in the west and Bourg-en-Bresse in the northwest.
topography
The area of the 13.75 km 2 municipality covers a section in the southern part of the Bresse, a plain in the Bresse-Saône ditch , and extends to the foot of the Revermont . The municipality is drained by the Reyssouze and numerous small tributaries, including the Vallière . The terrain is hilly and reaches its highest point at 282 m at the foot of the Revermont in the east. A large state forest, the Forêt Domaniale de Seillon, begins in the western part of the municipality . As a result, forest areas account for the largest share of land use with 35%, followed by fields with 21% as well as meadows and other agricultural areas (16% each).
Community structure
The old town center of Montagnat with municipal administration and village church is located on a 20 m high elevation, around which the Reyssouze flows in an arch. Further districts, hamlets and farmsteads are spread across the rest of the municipality , including:
- Versaillat and Pombeau ( 245 m ) in the north near Saint-Just,
- La Torchère ( 264 m ), which is divided into two halves by the municipal boundary with Saint-Just,
- Moulin de Noire Fontaine ( 234 m ) in the northwest on the Reyssouze
- Sainte-Amouze and Le Petit Seillon ( 264 m ) on a hill above Moulin de Noire Fontaine and with an industrial park next to the D1075,
- Les Buffets, La Goyatière and Les Curnillats ( 236 m ) on the Reyssouze north of the village center,
- Les Arterots and Les Arcuires ( 252 m ) southwest of the village center,
- Rivoire and La Châtellenie ( 260 m ) southeast of the village center.
history
A bronze key was found in the area of Montagnat from Gallo-Roman times. In the High Middle Ages , the village was first mentioned in 1013 under the name Villa Muntaniacus . Its spelling changed via Montannyes (1250), Montaignia (1256), Montagnia (1436) and Montegnia (1492) to Montagniat (1563). Montagnat originally belonged to the lands of the Lords of Coligny and came under the sovereignty of the Counts of Savoy in 1289 , until the entire Bresse fell to France with the Treaty of Lyon in 1601. The seat of the feudal men of Montagnat was in Rivoire, which was first mentioned in 1231 as Ville de Revoria and whose castle dates back to 1201. Their rule included the neighboring Revonnas for a time.
For several centuries, the water power of the Reyssouze mills drove, the earliest documented is that of La Cra right next to the town center ( Molendinum de la Craz situm apud Montaigniacum , 1467).
In the administrative structure after the French Revolution , Montagnat belonged to the then canton of Bourg-en-Bresse until 1973, then to a canton of Bourg-en-Bresse-3, from 1982 Bourg-en-Bresse-Est, from 1984 canton Péronnas and from 2015 to Canton of Ceyzériat .
Attractions
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- The village church of Saint-Clair stands on the hill of Montagnat and houses a crucifixion of Christ painted by Nicolas de Hoey on a wooden plaque, which is classified as a monument historique .
- The Château de Montplaisant dates from the 18th century. Its facades, entrance gates and its large hall are inscribed as monument historique.
- The Château de Rivoire was the medieval mansion seat of Montagnat and is located a little away from the village on a hill above a plain expanded by the Reyssouze and its tributaries. It was rebuilt in the 19th century after the French Revolution.
- Another castle from the 19th century, the Château de Noirefontaine , is also located on the slope above the Reyssouze, about a kilometer west of the village center.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 396 |
| 1968 | 419 |
| 1975 | 633 |
| 1982 | 1005 |
| 1990 | 1,173 |
| 1999 | 1,421 |
| 2006 | 1,549 |
| 2011 | 1,693 |
With 1992 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Montagnat is one of the smaller communities in the Ain department. After the population had fluctuated only slightly around the 500 mark in the 19th century, it reached a low of 370 inhabitants in the first half of the 20th century. Since the 1960s there has been a sharp increase in population.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Montagnat was a predominantly agricultural village. In addition, there are now various local small businesses. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many people in employment are commuters who work in the Bourg-en-Bresse area.
The village is not far from the D1075 departmental road and the former N75 national road that connected Bourg-en-Bresse with Grenoble. From here, as well as from the surrounding villages, side roads lead to Montagnat. South of the village is the next motorway connection to the A40 , which crosses the municipality in the east. The Mâcon – Ambérieu-en-Bugey railway line runs along the western edge of the municipality and has a larger train station in Bourg-en-Bresse. The airport in the region is Lyon-St-Exupéry (72 km away).
education
In Montagnat there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ).
Parish partnership
Together with four other communities in Revermont, Montagnat has been running a community partnership with Ungureni in the Botoșani district in Romania since 2012 .
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. .
- ^ Marie-Claude Guigue: Topography Historique du Département de l'Ain . Bourg-en-Bresse et Lyon, A. Brun, 1873, p. XVI (French, online [accessed January 18, 2014]).
- ↑ a b É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 266, 282, 347 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Montagnat - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on February 23, 2016 (French, INSEE population from 1968 onwards ).
- ↑ Tableau: la Montée au calvaire in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ Château de Montplaisant in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Commune de Montagnat - Dossier complet. In: INSEE . Retrieved February 23, 2016 (French).
- ↑ Relatii franco-române. (No longer available online.) In: Ungureni community website. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016 ; Retrieved March 14, 2016 (Romanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
