Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers
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| local community | Saint-Genix-les-Villages | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Chambery | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 36 ' N , 5 ° 38' E | |
| Post Code | 73240 | |
| Former INSEE code | 73236 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | saint-genix-sur-guiers.net | |
 The church square of Saint-Genix |
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Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Saint-Genix-les-Villages with 2,368 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
location
Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers is the westernmost commune of the Savoie department. It is located on the banks of the Guiers at 283 m , about 23 km west of the prefecture of Chambéry , 64 km east-southeast of the city of Lyon and 46 km north of the city of Grenoble (as the crow flies). Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers are Champagneux in the north, Gresin and Rochefort in the east, Avressieux , Belmont-Tramonet and Romagnieu in the south, Aoste in the west and Brégnier-Cordon in the north-west.
topography
The surface of the 12.27 km² area of the Commune déléguée comprises a section of the Avant-Pays Savoyard , the Savoyard foreland characterized by gentle elevations between the border river Guiers and the southern end of the main anticlines of the Jura . The Commune déléguée consists partly of the flat alluvial soil in the estuary triangle between Guiers and Rhone , and partly of the hilly landscape of the Avant-Pays . Together with two small tributaries in the northeast and southeast, the two rivers mark the boundaries of the Commune déléguée and drain the area of the Commune déléguée. In the east, two ridges with gentle relief structure the landscape and reach elevations of 470 m and 489 m . Around 61% of the soil in the Commune déléguée is mainly used for agriculture. Another 25% is covered by forest, while settlement and industrial areas together make up 12%.
Community structure
In addition to the actual town center, the Commune déléguée Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers also includes several hamlet settlements and farms, including:
- Truison ( 216 m ) at the transition between the flood plain and the northern ridge;
- Urice ( 416 m ) on the southern ridge;
- the scattered settlements of Bas-Bachelin and Haut-Bachelin on the southern ridge.
history
The name Saint-Genix refers to either Genesius of Rome or Genesius of Arles , although it is not finally clear which of the two Christian martyrs originally gave the name. Today the latter is designated as the patronage of Saint-Genix.
In the High Middle Ages , the place was first mentioned in 1115 as Apud Sanctum Genesium . Notations used later were Saint-Genys (1481) and Saint-Genis (1691–1731). Under the sovereignty of Savoy-Piedmont and especially since the Treaty of Paris (1355) , the Guiers became a border town between Savoy and the French Dauphiné and Saint-Genix. As such, it was a regular target of attacks and destruction for several centuries, including attacks by the Dauphin , the passage of marauding gangs or, in 1603, a campaign of revenge by the Republic of Geneva .
Until the French Revolution, there was a marquisate in Saint-Genix in personal union with the Lords of Beauregard , to which the neighboring villages of Champagneux and Gresin also belonged. After the French Revolution and the associated temporary renaming in Entre-Rives , the spelling Saint-Genix was established .
From 1793 to 2015 the municipality was the main town (French: chef-lieu ) of the canton of Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers .
The municipality of Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers was merged with Gresin and Saint-Maurice-de-Rotherens on January 1, 2019 to form the Commune nouvelle Saint-Genix-les-Villages. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. It belonged to the canton of Bugey Savoyard in the Arrondissement of Chambéry and was a member of the Val Guiers community association .
Attractions
Some remains of the strong medieval fortification walls and one of the original three city gates have been preserved. The run-of-river power plant on the bridge over the Guiers is the successor to a system that first went into operation in 1889, of which some historic buildings have been preserved. Saint-Genix is a station on the Via Gebennensis Way of St. James , which leads from Geneva to Le Puy and connects there to Via Podiensis .
A specialty from Saint-Genix is the Gâteau de Saint-Genix , a brioche decorated with red pralines .
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 1,606 |
| 1968 | 1,538 |
| 1975 | 1,586 |
| 1982 | 1,692 |
| 1990 | 1,735 |
| 1999 | 1,817 |
| 2006 | 2,094 |
| 2011 | 2,278 |
With 2376 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016), Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers was one of the medium-sized communities in the Savoie department. After the number of inhabitants declined in the 19th and first half of the 20th century (in 1861 there were still 1812 inhabitants), a significant increase in population has been recorded since the 1970s. The locals of Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers are called San-Genestois (es) in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
To this day, Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers is a local center in a rural setting, which is characterized by both agriculture and trade. Agriculture has concentrated in the last few decades on the larger farms, with the total usable area falling slightly due to the strong increase in population and the resulting expansion of the settlement area. There are also various local retail businesses and several medium-sized industrial companies. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and in the neighboring departments.
The department road D1516 runs through the village, the former national road N516 from La Tour-du-Pin to Cognin and Yenne , crossing the Guiers in the process. A motorway junction to the A43 named after Saint-Genix connects the municipality directly with Chambéry and Lyon . The airports in the region are Lyon-St-Exupéry (distance 60 km) and Chambéry-Savoie (32 km).
education
In Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers there is a pre-school ( école maternelle ), two elementary schools ( école primaire ) and a comprehensive school ( collège ).
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. .
- ↑ a b Un peu d'histoire… In: saint-genix-sur-guiers.net (municipality website). Retrieved May 3, 2015 (French).
- ↑ A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 421 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 647 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on April 26, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ^ Complete dossier on Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers. In: INSEE . Retrieved April 26, 2015 (French).
