Queige
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Ugine | |
| Community association | Arlysere | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 43 ' N , 6 ° 28' E | |
| height | 424–2,440 m | |
| surface | 32.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 805 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73720 | |
| INSEE code | 73211 | |
| Website | www.queige.fr | |
 Queige Church, built from a former fortified tower |
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Queige is a municipality with 805 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
location
Queige is located in the Western Alps in the Beaufortain massif on the river Doron , about 60 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Geneva and 46 kilometers east-northeast of the associated prefecture of Chambéry (both as the crow flies). The neighboring municipalities are (starting from the north clockwise) Ugine , Villard-sur-Doron , Beaufort , Tours-en-Savoie , Albertville , Venthon , Césarches and Marthod .
topography
The community includes the lower valley section of the Doron, which flows essentially westwards and makes a bend to the south in the area of the actual town center. The mountain village lies at 585 m just a little above the river, while other hamlets and houses are scattered on the steep flanks of the alpine erosion valley. The municipality boundary follows the mountain ranges above the valley flanks to the south and north, and the municipality floor reaches its highest point near the 2460 m high Mont Mirantin . Forests make up 75% of the land cover of the municipality, followed by treeless high mountain landscapes with 10%, meadows with 9% and agricultural areas with 5.6%.
Community structure
Queige is a scattered settlement with a number of other hamlets and homesteads including:
- La Forclaz at 870 m on the pass road of the same name ( Col de la Forclaz ) with Ugine;
- Grange Neuve , Outréchenay , la Ville , le Mont , Champ Fleuri , Champ Gilbert , la Poyat , Villaricol , Villaret and Aréchettaz in the north flank;
- Bonnecine in the valley floor upstream from Queige;
- les Prazes , Molliessoulaz , Maroland , la Chenat , les Pointières , la Moyette and les Roëngers on the southern flank.
Population development
With 805 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Queige is one of the small communities of Savoy.
| year | 1800 | 1836 | 1866 | 1901 | 1921 | 1946 | 1962 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,554 | 1,647 | 1,481 | 1,202 | 1,100 | 972 | 936 | 642 | 716 | 735 | 835 | 846 |
history
The place name is traced back to the Roman name Caius , in which the "Qu" was later established in order to obtain the k sound. Queige was mentioned in writing in 1170 as a quegium and at the time formed a small lordship that belonged to the possessions of the Lords of Beaufort . They pledged their property to the Lords of Faucigny in 1271 , and with the Treaty of Paris (1355) the area came to the Counts of Savoy .
Attractions
The three-aisled parish church of Sainte-Agathe von Queige was consecrated in 1674 and replaced an older church building further down the valley. The defense tower of the former manor was integrated as a choir and bell tower by adding a spire adapted to the unusual floor plan of 8.7 m × 10.3 m and using windows with Romanesque arches. Nevertheless, a strong contrast between the massive, stone-walled defense tower and the makeshift church hall remained visible. The de-Christianization during the French Revolution led to the destruction of the spire, which was then replaced by a flatter slate roof.
Due to the great differences in altitude and the weather-prone paths to the parish church in the center, many of the hamlets built their own chapels in the 18th and 19th centuries, including in Bonnecine, Champs Gilbert, Molliessoulaz, Outréchenay, les Pointièrez and les Roëngers.
Economy and Infrastructure
Queige is still a village dominated by agriculture and alpine farming. There are also some local small businesses. However, the majority of those in employment are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area. Despite its beautiful location as a mountain village with elevations well over 2000 m , Queige has no winter sports facilities or other tourist facilities. A small campsite on the banks of the Doron offers overnight accommodation.
There is a state école primaire in Queige .
traffic
Queige is on the D925 departmental road, which runs through the Doron valley from Albertville to Beaufort and connects it to the Isère valley via the Roselend pass . A side road branching off in Queige leads through the town center and on over the Col de la Forclaz to Ugine. 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).
literature
- Joseph Garin: Le Beaufortain - Une belle vallée de Savoie, Guide historique et touristique illustré . La Fontaine de Siloé, 1996, ISBN 2-84206-020-2 (French, books.google.ch - new edition).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2006 data from CORINE Land Cover , available e.g. B. at statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Queige - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved August 19, 2014 (French).
- ^ A b Joseph Garin: Le Beaufortain - Une belle vallée de Savoie, Guide historique et touristique illustré . La Fontaine de Siloé, 1996, ISBN 2-84206-020-2 , p. 59–63 (French, new edition).
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 603 (French, gallica.bnf.fr [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ Complete dossier on Queige. In: INSEE . Retrieved August 18, 2014 (French).
