Pussy (savoie)
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| local community | La Léchère | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 33 ' N , 6 ° 27' E | |
| Post Code | 73260 | |
| Former INSEE code | 73209 | |
| Incorporation | 1972 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 The village of Pussy high above the Isère Valley |
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Pussy is a mountain village and commune déléguée with 332 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the commune of La Léchère in the Arrondissement of Albertville and in the Savoie department .
Located near the Isère river and the Mont Bellachat mountain, the area of the village covers about 18 km². The parish church dedicated to St John the Baptist was rebuilt in 1669.
history
The name comes from the Gallo-Roman Pusiacum , where pusus means "little boy". There was a church in Pussy as early as the High Middle Ages ( Ecclesia de Puiseio , 1170). The spelling of the place changed from Pussiacum (14th century) to Pussy in the 18th century. As part of a municipal reform , Pussy was incorporated into La Léchère with a few other villages in 1972 .
The population of Pussy was counted in 1561 with 1,455 inhabitants , 1776 with 548 inhabitants and 1979 with 276 inhabitants.
Individual evidence
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 373, 544, 548, 602 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ^ Pussy - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved February 13, 2016 (French).