Thoissey
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse | |
| Canton | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | |
| Community association | Val de Saone Center | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 10 ′ N , 4 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 168-178 m | |
| surface | 1.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,741 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,299 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 01140 | |
| INSEE code | 01420 | |
| Website | www.thoissey.fr | |
 Ceiling painting of the historic pharmacy |
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Thoissey is a French commune with 1,741 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne in the Bourg-en-Bresse arrondissement .
geography
location
Thoissey is located at 174 m , about 33 kilometers west of the prefecture of Bourg-en-Bresse and 46 kilometers north of the city of Lyon and 15 km south of the city of Mâcon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the triangle where the Chalaronne meets the Saône on the western edge of the Ain department. Neighboring municipalities of Thoissey are Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne in the east and Dracé in the Rhône department in the west.
topography
The area of the 1.34 km² municipal area covers a section on the north bank of the Chalaronne and extends as far as its confluence with the Saône, about one kilometer away, the middle of which marks the western municipal boundary and at the same time the border with the Rhône department. The place is on the northern edge of the historic province of Dombes in the southwestern part of the Bresse , a plain in the Bresse-Saône-Graben . The riverside landscape around Thoissey has only slight differences in altitude of a few meters. In the comparatively small area, the proportion of urban development is correspondingly high at 25%. The rest consists of meadows (61%) and water bodies (9%).
history
The early settlement of the Saône Valley can also be traced in Thoissey, where Bronze Age tools and Roman coins were found. In the High Middle Ages , the village was first mentioned in 910–927 as villa Tussiacum . Other Latinized spellings from the 10th century were Tusciacum and Tossicum . The French name was Toissey (1239), Toissay (1441) and finally Thoissey (1567).
Thoissey was first a settlement in the Kingdom of Burgundy under the rule of Rudolf II and came into the possession of the Cluny Abbey in 934 . Three hundred years later, the Abbot Etienne III joined. de Berzé met with the lords of Beaujeu and in 1239 transferred the possession of the city of Thoissey to them. As a result, Thoissey became part of the principality of Dombes and rose to become an important castellany in 1475 .
The chapel in Thoissey ( Capella Beate Marie Magdalene de Thoissiaco ), founded in 1331 , initially belonged to the parish of Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne. In 1691 the chapel was raised to the rank of parish church.
In the administrative structure after the French Revolution , Thoissey was the capital of the canton Thoissey , which was abolished in 2015, and until 1926 belonged to the Arrondissement Trévoux , whose municipalities were assigned to the Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse after its dissolution .
Attractions
- The historic pharmacy belonging to the former Hôtel-Dieu from the period 1731–1735 still has its equipment from the early days. The walls are surrounded by wooden shelves and a ceiling painting spans the interior. The interior is classified as a cultural asset of the monuments historiques .
- The village church dates from the 19th century. Her art treasures include an ensemble depicting the life of Mary , consisting of six paintings by the painter Daniel Sarrabat from the period 1706 to 1713. They are classified as cultural assets of the monuments historiques.
- The Pont de Thoissey road bridge from 1925 spans the Saône with three white, distinctive arches.
- At the confluence of the Chalaronne in the Saône there is a marina (French: hold fluviale ), which is managed by the community association and to which a campsite is attached. A one kilometer long road runs between the port and the center of Thoissey and is lined with plane trees from 1808.
- A chapel and two cloister galleries have been preserved from an Ursuline convent from 1698.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 1,210 |
| 1968 | 1,445 |
| 1975 | 1,454 |
| 1982 | 1,481 |
| 1990 | 1.306 |
| 1999 | 1,358 |
| 2006 | 1,465 |
| 2011 | 1,558 |
With 1741 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Thoissey is one of the smaller communities in the Ain department. In the 19th century the population fluctuated between 1250 and the high of 1748 inhabitants, which was recorded in 1866. After the population decline from the late 19th century continued into the first half of the 20th century, the trend reversed in 1962 and the population began to increase again. The local residents of Thoissey are called Thoisseyen (ne) s in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
As the original castellany and former canton capital, Thoissey still functions as a center in rural areas. Retail and restaurants in the Grande Rue and the surrounding area make up a large part of the business. Almost 70% of the jobs in Thoissey are in administration, public institutions and health care. In the meantime, the village has also developed into a residential community whose workers as commuters are divided between the greater areas of Bourg-en-Bresse, Villefranche-sur-Saône and Mâcon.
The village is located away from the major thoroughfares on a departmental road (D7) that connects the former Route nationale 433 in Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne with Dracé on the other side of the river, on the left side of the Saône . A second Saône crossing exists in the north with the D7a to Romanèche-Thorins . The next motorway connections to the A6 and A40 are south and west of Mâcon, respectively. In Romanèche-Thorins and Belleville there is a stopping point on the Paris-Marseille railway line about 10 km away . The airport in the region is Lyon-St-Exupéry (70 km).
education
Thoissey has a pre-school ( école maternelle ), a state elementary school ( école élémentaire ) and a comprehensive school ( collège ).
Personalities
- Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863–1934), French officer and Africa explorer, born and buried in Thoissey.
Parish partnership
Thoissey has had a partnership with Obourg , now a district of Mons in Belgium, since 1965 .
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. 144 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b c É. Philipon: Dictionnaire Topographique du Département de l'Ain . Imprimerie Nationale, 1911, p. 431 (French, online [PDF; accessed January 4, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Thoissey - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved on April 4, 2016 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ↑ Lambris de revêtement et plafond de l'apothicairerie in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ PM01000448 tableau: Madeleine chez le pharisien in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Saone river bridge Thoissey. In: Structurae .
- ^ Couvent des Ursulines in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Commune de Thoissey - Dossier complet. In: INSEE . Retrieved April 4, 2016 (French).
- ↑ Jumelage avec Obourg: la charte re-signée pour 50 ans. In: Le Progrès. Retrieved April 7, 2016 (French).
