Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
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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 ° 26' E | |
| height | 271-819 m | |
| surface | 28.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,269 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 79 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01230 | |
| INSEE code | 01384 | |
| Website | www.saint-rambert-en-bugey.fr | |
.JPG) Street in the center of Saint-Rambert |
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Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey is a French commune with 2,269 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Ain department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Ambérieu-en-Bugey in the Belley arrondissement .
geography
location
Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey is located at 300 m , about 35 kilometers southeast of the city of Bourg-en-Bresse and 30 kilometers west of Belley (as the crow flies) in the southern French Jura mountains. The neighboring municipalities are Ambronay , L'Abergement-de-Varey and Nivollet-Montgriffon in the north, Oncieu and Argis in the east, Arandas , Conand and Cleyzieu in the south and Torcieu and Ambérieu-en-Bugey in the west.
topography
The place lies in the lower area of the Albarine valley, which cuts the mountain ranges of the Jura in a transverse valley , the Cluse des Hôpitaux . The 28.55 km² large municipal area includes part of the strongly reliefed western foothills of the Bugey landscape and extends on both sides of the Albarine far into the side valleys and up to the surrounding mountain ranges. At its edges there are chains of hills in several places, which rise to about 800 m . These include the Mont Luisandre on the northern edge, the Rochers de la Falconnière in the southwest and the Montagne de Suerme in the southeast.
Waters
Two side streams drain the municipality, the Brévon in the north and the Câline in the south, and flow into the Albarine at Saint-Rambert, which flows through the village.
Local division
The community consists on the one hand of the densely built-up valley floor on the banks of the Albarine and on the other hand of several hamlets in the side valleys. In the valley there is the old town center, which was expanded downstream to include factories and workers' settlements during industrialization. At the western end of the municipality, the valley floor, which is somewhat wider in the area of the mouth of the Câline, is finally occupied by the village of Serrières .
The remaining hamlets are as follows, starting from the north:
- Granges de Luisandre ( 699 m ) below the summit of the 805 m high Mont Luisandre
- Lupieu ( 445 m ) in a valley basin in the source area of the Brévon
- Morgelaz ( 547 m ) at the southern foot of Mont Luisandre
- Vorages ( 555 m ) on a slope above the Brévon
- Buges ( 381 m ) in the course of the Brévon Valley
- Gratoux ( 500 m ) in a hollow on the western slope above the Brévon
- Angrières ( 641 m ) at the bottom of a high valley west of Saint-Rambert between a rocky crest and the 750 m high Mont Charvet
- Javornoz ( 450 m ) on a slope above the Albarine and south of Saint-Rambert
- Blanaz ( 467 m ) on a plateau at the southern end of the municipality
history
Countless finds of Roman bricks , coins and everyday objects bear witness to an important settlement in antiquity, the beginnings of which may even go back to the Bronze Age . The place was mentioned in a document as early as the 7th century under its original name Bebronne . According to tradition, St. Domitian von Bebron founded an abbey in the Brévon valley in the 5th century, which remained in operation until it was dissolved and destroyed after the French Revolution .
middle Ages
Around the year 680 the Franconian aristocrat Ragnebert came to Bebron, after he had previously left the court of King Theuderich III. by an intrigue of whose caretaker Ebroin had been banished. The latter initiated the murder of Ragnebert, who was then buried in the monastery and rose to be a martyr. Both the monastery and the market town under the protection of the monastery finally adopted the name of the canonized , so that from 1137 the name Sanctus Ranegbertus was established instead of Bebron. The place name Saint-Rambert received the suffix -en-Bugey in 1956 .
The medieval history of the place is closely linked to that of the abbey, which became part of the Benedictine order . She had the Cornillon fortress built on a rocky promontory above the Albarine Valley , with which she could guarantee her own safety. This fortress was bequeathed to the Counts of Savoy in 1196 in exchange for certain freedoms and guarantees. It was at this time that the abbey reached its greatest power and ruled over a number of locations in western Bugey. In the war between the Counts of Savoy against the Dauphiné , whose lands included the Ain plain, Saint-Rambert was of strategic importance as a border fortification and was surrounded by a city wall. With the Treaty of Paris , the place remained under Savoyard sovereignty and after the Treaty of Lyon in 1601 it came to France. Immediately afterwards Marshal Biron had the Cornillon fortress razed. Instead, Saint-Rambert gained importance as the center of a judicial district that included Poncin , Cerdon , Ambérieu-en-Bugey and other villages in the Bugey.
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 2936 |
| 1968 | 2857 |
| 1975 | 2439 |
| 1982 | 2161 |
| 1990 | 2112 |
| 1999 | 2065 |
| 2006 | 2166 |
| 2011 | 2191 |
population
With 2,269 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey is one of the medium-sized communities in the Ain department. After the population had steadily decreased in the 20th century (in 1901 5028 people were counted), the trend was reversed at the turn of the millennium and the population increased again slightly. The locals of Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey are called Rambertois (es) in French .
Attractions
The 11th century crypt of the Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey Abbey has been preserved and is inscribed as a monument historique . Some of the more recent residential buildings have also remained standing, making the extent of the monastery complex at that time visible. Part of the defensive walls of the Château de Cornillon can still be seen above the town center.
Economy and Infrastructure
In Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey there are local small businesses as well as some medium-sized businesses, but agriculture is hardly of any importance. Most of the jobs come from the service sector , but many workers are also commuters who work in neighboring towns.
The village extends along the departmental road D1504, which, as the former national road N504, crosses the Cluse des Hôpitaux and connects Ambérieu-en-Bugey with the Chambéry area. Side roads connect Saint-Rambert with Nivollet-Montgriffon and Arandas. The Lyon – Genève railway also runs through the narrow valley and has a station in Saint-Rambert, which is served by the TER Rhône-Alpes .
In Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey there is a state école primaire (elementary school with an integrated preschool ) and a comprehensive school ( collège ).
Personalities
- Aymon de Montfalcon entered the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey in 1462. In 1471 he became councilor of the Duke of Savoy and prior of Anglefort and was bishop of Lausanne from 1491 to 1517.
- Francisque Collomb (1920–2009), French politician and mayor of Lyon, was born in the village.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ André Buisson: Carte Archéologique de la Gaule - Ain 01 . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , 1990, ISBN 2-87754-010-3 , pp. 133 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b c É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 394 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ Domitianus, p. (10) . In: Johann E. Stadler , Franz Joseph Heim, Johann N. Ginal (eds.): Complete Lexicon of Saints ... , Volume 1 (A – D), B. Schmid'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Augsburg 1858, p. 787 .
- ↑ Ragnobertus, p. (3) . In: Johann E. Stadler , Franz Joseph Heim, Johann N. Ginal (eds.): Complete Lexicon of Saints ... , Volume 5 (Q-Z), B. Schmid'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (A. Manz), Augsburg 1882, p. 30 .
- ^ A b Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on August 12, 2014 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ^ Abbey of Saint-Rambert in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).