Saint-Offenge-Dessus
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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 | 73264 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Saint-Offenge-Dessus with its village church, behind it that of Saint-Offenge-Dessus is only a few hundred meters away |
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Saint-Offenge-Dessus is a commune déléguée with 328 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the commune of Saint-Offenge in the Arrondissement Chambéry des Départements Savoie . Today Saint-Offenge-Dessus is part of the municipality of Saint-Offenge.
geography
Saint-Offenge-Dessus is located at 630 m , about 20 km north-northeast of the city of Chambéry (as the crow flies). The farming village extends in the foothills of the Alps in a panoramic position on the lower western slope of the Montagne de Bange (part of the Bauges massif ), above the valley cut of a small river, the Sierre .
The 7.71 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 extends eastward over the meadow-lined slope of Saint-Offenge-Dessus. This is followed by an increasingly steep, wooded slope, partly interrupted by rock walls, on the edge of the Bauges massif. With 1,449 m of the Col de la Cochette the highest elevation of Saint-Offenge-Dessus is reached north to altitude. In a long, narrow corner, the community soil extends southward to the high plateau of Mont Revard ( 1360 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-Dessus also includes various hamlet settlements and farms, including:
- Les Suavets ( 720 m ) on the western slope of the Montagne de Bange
- Cornat ( 750 m ) on the western slope of the Montagne de Bange above the Sierre valley
- Les Combes ( 710 m ) in the valley of the Sierre at the foot of the Montagne de Bange
Neighboring communities of Saint-Offenge-Dessus were Saint-Offenge-Dessous in the north, Arith and Saint-François-de-Sales in the east, Les Déserts in the south and Montcel in the west.
history
Saint-Offenge was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century. The place name goes back to Saint Euphemia , martyr of Chalcedon (city) . The part of the name "-Dessus" corresponds to "Ober ..." in German place names and distinguishes the community from the downhill Saint-Offenge-Dessous. In the Middle Ages, Saint-Offenge-Dessus belonged to the lordship of La Bâtie-d'Albanais.
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 . In October 2014, the municipal councils of Saint-Offenge-Dessus and Saint-Offenge-Dessous decided to merge the two villages, which are only about 500 m apart, to form a new municipality with effect from January 1, 2015.
Attractions
The village church was built from 1849 in the style of Sardinian neoclassicism .
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 165 |
| 1968 | 150 |
| 1975 | 121 |
| 1982 | 150 |
| 1990 | 200 |
| 1999 | 216 |
| 2006 | 256 |
| 2011 | 279 |
With 275 inhabitants most recently (as of January 1, 2013), Saint-Offenge-Dessus was one of the small communities in the Savoie department. After the population declined in the 20th century, a population increase has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1980s thanks to the beautiful residential area. The municipality's INSEE code was 73264.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Saint-Offenge-Dessus was a predominantly agricultural village. 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 11 km away.
Web links
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-Dessus - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 14, 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-Dessus. In: INSEE . Retrieved September 16, 2014 (French).