Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Canton | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | |
| Community association | Plaine de l'Ain | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 57 ' N , 5 ° 17' E | |
| height | 212-235 m | |
| surface | 10.35 km 2 | |
| Residents | 756 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 73 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01500 | |
| INSEE code | 01379 | |
| Website | www.saint-maurice-de-remens.fr | |
.JPG) Town hall of Saint-Maurice and forecourt with memorial to the fallen |
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Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens is a French municipality with 756 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Ambérieu-en-Bugey in the arrondissement of Belley and is a member of the Plaine de l'Ain community association .
geography
location
Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens is located at 225 m , about 28 kilometers south of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse , 39 kilometers northwest of the city of Belley and 66 kilometers northwest of the city of Chambéry (as the crow flies). The village extends in the lower Ain Valley on the border between the Dombes landscape in the west and the Lower Bugey in the east. Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens are Villette-sur-Ain in the north, Château-Gaillard in the north and east, Leyment and Chazey-sur-Ain in the south and Villieu-Loyes-Mollon and Châtillon-la-Palud in the west.
topography
The area of the 10.35 km 2 municipal area includes a section in the flat plain that the river Ain forms on its lower course. The valley floor, which is almost ten kilometers wide, is bordered by the Jura mountains in the east and the Dombes plateau in the west , beyond the municipal boundaries of Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens . The actual river bed is located about two kilometers west of the village and marks the municipal boundary in some sections. The river bank facing towards the community consists of an alluvial forest several hundred meters wide , which is criss-crossed by tributaries, tributaries and lakes. In the north and east, the village is surrounded by the Albarine , which flows into the Ain near Châtillon-la-Palud. In addition to the Albarine, the communal soil is drained by other streams, including the Seymard in the north and the Neyrieux and Pollon in the south. The flat, fertile communal soil is largely used for agriculture and consists of 46% fields, 11% meadows and 10% other agricultural land. Forests make up about 17%.
On the southern edge of Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens is the hamlet of Martinaz ( 226 m ) and a former ammunition depot , the camp militaire des Fromentaux .
history
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There were settlements in the lower Ain Valley as early as the Bronze and Iron Ages, the remains of which have been found mainly in the neighboring communities of Château-Gaillard and Chazey-sur-Ain. Bronze Age weapons and Roman coins were found in Saint-Maurice.
middle Ages
The first mentions from the Middle Ages can be found in the 13th century under the name Sanctus Mauricius in Meria ultra fluvium Enne . At that time there was already a small estate in Saint-Maurice, which was part of the possessions of the lords of Châtillon-la-Palud. In 1323 they were owed loyal to the Dauphin von Viennois and after a short period of time under the French crown (1343-1355) they finally came under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy through the Treaty of Paris . From 1344 the addition Rémens is associated with the place.
Due to its location on the outer border of the county of Savoy, the place was exposed to attacks by French troops under Marshal Biron , and both the 13th century fortress and the village were reduced to rubble and ashes in 1595. With the Treaty of Lyon in 1601, the entire Bugey finally became part of France. From 1576 to 1664 the lands of Saint-Maurice were merged with those of the Marquisate of Varambon .
The parish church of Saint-Maurice belonged to the Archdiocese of Lyon in the Middle Ages , the collature belonged to the abbots of Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey .
Modern times
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In the second half of the 19th century, the parish church was renovated and the bell tower, which had been destroyed since the French Revolution , was replaced. In the decades that followed, municipal facilities such as the village school (1882/3) and the post office (1902) were established. Since 1909 a bridge over the Ain ( Pont de Gévrieux ) has connected the municipality with Châtillon-la-Palud. From 1911 to 1937, the community was the overland tram Tramways de l'Ain connected.
Camp des Fromentaux
In October 1917 - during the First World War - the camp militaire des Fromentaux was established on the territory of the communes of Saint-Maurice, Leyment and Chazey-sur-Ain , an ammunition depot connected to the railway (today the Lyon – Geneva line ). It extends over an area of 116 hectares and comprised 77,000 m 2 of storage area for up to 55,800 t of ammunition. During the Second World War it was occupied first by Italian, then by German troops, and attacked by the English air force in 1944. Barely used any more towards the end of the 20th century, it was closed in 2004 and the security zone drawn in some area was lifted. Left to decay, the Ain department bought the ensemble in 2013 for € 700,000.
Attractions
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The 18th century Château de Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens came by inheritance to the family of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , who spent part of his childhood there. The community bought it in 2009 and uses it for community events.
The Fallen Memorial in the village also honors Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The three-aisled village church is of Gothic origin, but was significantly redesigned in the 19th century.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 431 |
| 1968 | 441 |
| 1975 | 436 |
| 1982 | 428 |
| 1990 | 613 |
| 1999 | 604 |
| 2006 | 664 |
| 2017 | 756 |
With 756 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens is one of the small communities in the Ain department. After the population had continuously declined in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century (707 inhabitants were counted in 1851), a slight increase in population began in 1990.
Economy and Infrastructure
Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens is still a predominantly agricultural village today . They account for around a third of the farms and large areas of grain as well as oil and protein crops are grown. There are also some local small businesses. The ammunition depot has been closed since 2004, and the site remains unchanged. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area, especially in the Aix-les-Bains and Chambéry areas.
The village is located on the D904 department road , which leads from Ambérieu to Châtillon-la-Palud and circles the town center in a slight curve. A side road leads to the hamlet of Martinaz and the former military area. The next motorway connection to the A42 is just a few kilometers away in Château-Gaillard. In neighboring Ambérieu, the main roads D1075, D1084 and D1504 cross, which connect different urban centers in the Rhône-Alpes region. A station served by the TER Rhône-Alpes is also located in Ambérieu, through which the two lines Lyon – Geneva and Mâcon – Ambérieu run. The airports in the region are Lyon-St-Exupéry (44 km) and Geneva (106 km).
education
In Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ).
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. .
- ^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 34 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b c É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 391 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ^ Marie-Claude Guigue: Topography Historique du Département de l'Ain . Bourg-en-Bresse et Lyon, A. Brun, 1873, p. 356, 357 (French, online [accessed January 18, 2014]).
- ↑ a b c Toute une histoire ... In: saint-maurice-de-remens.fr. Retrieved September 1, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Histoire de l'entrepôt de réserve generale de munitions. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 10, 2013 ; Retrieved September 1, 2015 (French). 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.
- ^ Recueil des actes administratifs. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: ain.fr. P. 44 ff. , Formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 1, 2015 (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-Maurice-de-Rémens - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on August 26, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ↑ Commune de Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens - Complete dossier. In: INSEE . Retrieved August 26, 2015 (French).
