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| local community | Saint-Offenge | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Chambery | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 44 ′ N , 6 ° 0 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 73100 | |
| Former INSEE code | 73263 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | www.mairie-stoffenge-dessous.fr | |
 The center of Saint-Offenge-Dessous with its village church in snow |
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Saint-Offenge-Dessous is a commune déléguée with 776 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the commune of Saint-Offenge in the Arrondissement Chambéry des Départements Savoie .
geography
Saint-Offenge-Dessous is located at 587 m , about 20 km north-northeast of the city of Chambéry (as the crow flies). The former farming village extends in the foothills of the Alps on a plateau on the lower western slope of the Montagne de Bange (part of the Bauges massif ), above the valley of a small river, the Sierre .
The 7.92 km² area of the former municipality covers a section of the French Alpine foothills. The western border runs along the Sierre , cut into an erosion valley , which with its side streams drains the area west to the Lac du Bourget . From the valley of the Sierre the community area extended eastward over a gently rising slope to the plateau of Saint-Offenge-Dessous, which has a moorland. This is followed by an increasingly steep and wooded slope. The municipality floor reached up to the ridge of the Montagne de Bange , on which the highest point of Saint-Offenge-Dessous is reached at 1410 m . The community part lies within the Regional Nature Park Massif des Bauges (French: Parc naturel régional du Massif des Bauges ).
In addition to the actual town center, Saint-Offenge-Dessous also includes various hamlet settlements and farmsteads, including:
- Les Nantets ( 480 m ) in the Sierre valley
- La Plesse ( 585 m ) on the high plateau of Saint-Offenge
- Le Croset ( 520 m ) in the valley of the Sierre
- Le Rocheret ( 600 m ) at the western foot of the Montagne de Bange
- Les Huguets ( 690 m ) on the western slope of the Montagne de Bange
Neighboring communities of Saint-Offenge-Dessous were Saint-Ours and Cusy in the north, Arith in the east, Saint-Offenge-Dessus in the south and Montcel and Épersy in the west.
history
Saint-Offenge is mentioned for the first time in a document in the 13th century. The place name goes back to Saint Euphemia , martyr of Chalcedon (city) . The part of the name "-Lessous" corresponds to "Unter ..." in German place names and has been distinguishing the community from the uphill Saint-Offenge-Dessus , whose village church was originally dedicated to the same patroness, since the 14th century . In the Middle Ages, Saint-Offenge-Dessous belonged to the La Bâtie-d'Albanais rule.
After Savoy was annexed to France in 1860, the municipality belonged to the old canton of Aix for a long time, from 1973 to the canton of Aix-les-Bains-Nord-Grésy and during 2015 to the newly created canton Aix-les-Bains-1 . The merger with Saint-Offenge-Dessus, only 500 m away, to form a new municipality was decided by the two municipal councils in October 2014 and came into force on January 1, 2015. Saint-Offenge-Dessous became the capital of the new parish.
Attractions
The village church was built in the 19th century. There is a country chapel above Le Croset.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 261 |
| 1968 | 239 |
| 1975 | 228 |
| 1982 | 299 |
| 1990 | 421 |
| 1999 | 491 |
| 2006 | 566 |
| 2011 | 672 |
With 691 inhabitants most recently (as of January 1, 2013), Saint-Offenge-Dessous was one of the small communities in the Savoie department. After the population declined in the 20th century, a significant increase in population has been recorded again since the early 1980s thanks to the beautiful residential area. The INSEE code of the municipality was 73263 and is continued by Saint-Offenge.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Saint-Offenge-Dessous was a village dominated by agriculture . In addition, various local small businesses have recently developed. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and in the Chambéry and Annecy area .
The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares. The main access is from the D911 departmental road from Grésy-sur-Aix to Cusy. There are other road connections with Saint-Ours and Montcel. The closest connection to the A41 motorway is around 10 km away.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 428 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 661 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Saint-Offenge-Dessous - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved October 18, 2014 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ↑ Saint-Offenge Dessus / Dessous: Les deux conseils municipaux ont approuvé la fusion. In: Le Pays Gessien. Retrieved October 20, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Arrêté du 6 November 2014 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Saint-Offenge published in JORF and in Légifrance (French)
- ^ Statistical dossier on Saint Offenge lingerie. In: INSEE . Retrieved October 16, 2014 (French).