Saint-Germain-de-Joux
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Nantua | |
| Canton | Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | |
| Community association | Pays Bellegardien | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 11 ′ N , 5 ° 44 ′ E | |
| height | 434–1,091 m | |
| surface | 11.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 501 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01130 | |
| INSEE code | 01357 | |
_-_Eglise.JPG) Church of Saint-Germain-de-Joux |
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Saint-Germain-de-Joux is a French municipality with 501 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine in the Arrondissement of Nantua and is a member of the Pays Bellegardien municipal association .
geography
Saint-Germain-de-Joux is located at 506 m , about ten kilometers northwest of the city of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 39 kilometers east of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse (as the crow flies). The village extends in the French Jura in the narrow valley of the Semine, into which the valley of the Cluse de Nantua flows from the west, between the Jura heights of Retord in the south and Échallon in the north.
The area of the 11.27 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Upper Jurassic. The area is crossed from north to south by the Semine (right tributary of the Valserine ) in a valley cut deep into the Jura heights. At Saint-Germain-de-Joux, the Combet flows from the west and drains the eastern part of the Cluse de Nantua . The steep slopes on both sides of the Semine and Combet valleys, some of which are surmounted by rock faces, are also part of the municipal ban. To the northeast, the municipal area extends over a wooded wide ridge of the Jura, on which the highest point of Saint-Germain-de-Joux is reached at 1091 m . The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
In addition to the village itself, Saint-Germain-de-Joux also includes various hamlets and farms, including:
- La Voûte ( 520 m ) in the Cluse de Nantua west of the village
- Les Combes ( 610 m ) on the eastern slope of the Semine
- Marnod ( 710 m ) on a ledge east of the Semine valley
Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Germain-de-Joux are Échallon and Giron in the north, Champfromier and Montanges in the east, Châtillon-en-Michaille and Le Poizat-Lalleyriat in the south and Charix and Plagne in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, the area of Saint-Germain-de-Joux belonged to the property of the monastery of Nantua , which had a fortress built here in the 13th century. The Counts of Savoy took control of the already important traffic route through the Cluse de Nantua in the 14th century. The village is first mentioned in a document in 1302 under the Latinized name Sanctus Germanus Jurensis ; from 1622 the name Sainct Germain has been handed down.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint-Germain-de-Joux was rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century. There is a Gothic chapel in the cemetery .
population
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 706 | 615 | 546 | 536 | 465 | 476 | 494 | 507 |
With 501 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Saint-Germain-de-Joux is one of the small communities in the Ain department. After the number of inhabitants had decreased significantly during the 20th century (in 1881 the village still had 965 inhabitants), slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1990s. The local residents of Saint-Germain-de-Joux are called San-Germinois (es) in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Saint-Germain-de-Joux was a predominantly agricultural village. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. Many of the employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and mainly in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road D1084, which leads from Bellegarde-sur-Valserine via Nantua to Pont-d'Ain . Other national road connections exist with Oyonnax , Saint-Claude and Le Grand-Abergement . The A40 motorway , which opened in 1989, runs south of Saint-Germain-de-Joux through an approximately 1 km long tunnel. The next connection is around nine kilometers away. Saint-Germain-de-Joux had a station on the railway line from Bellegarde via Nantua to Bourg-en-Bresse . The line was reactivated in 2010 as the Haut-Bugey TGV line (without stopping at Saint-Germain).
In Saint-Germain-de-Joux there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Noms de lieux de Suisse Romande, Savoie et environs - letter "S". (No longer available online.) In: henrysuter.ch. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 15, 2011 (French). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Saint-Germain-de-Joux - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on June 3, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
