Thorens-Glières
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| local community | Fillière | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute-Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Annecy | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 0 ′ N , 6 ° 15 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 74570 | |
| Former INSEE code | 74282 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Thorens-Glières, Usillon district |
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Thorens-Glières is a village and a former French village with 3,203 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It was part of the Arrondissement of Annecy and the canton of Annecy-le-Vieux .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the previously independent municipalities of Aviernoz , Évires , Les Ollières , Saint-Martin-Bellevue and Thorens-Glières were merged into a Commune nouvelle with the name Fillière and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Thorens-Glières.
geography
Thorens-Glières is located at 674 m above sea level, about 14 kilometers northeast of the city of Annecy (as the crow flies). The village extends in an open valley basin of the Fillière river , where it emerges from the Bornes Alps , at the northern foot of the Tête du Parmelan massif, in the Genevois .
In terms of nature, the area is divided into three parts. In the southern part is the valley of the Fillière , which rises north of the Tête Ronde in the Bornes Alps and initially flows to the northwest through a deep basin, flanked by steep slopes criss-crossed by ledges. At Thorens-Glières, the Fillière reaches the foothills of the Alps after a narrow valley and now turns west into an open valley.
The northern part of the area is occupied by a wide ridge with a high plateau, which belongs to the Bornes plateau (between the Salève and the Bornes Alps). This ridge, up to 950 m high, is bordered in the west by the Daudens valley and in the east by that of the Flan .
The eastern part of the area has a strong relief. It comprises the karstified, undulating high plateau of the edge chains of the Bornes Alps. The Montagne de Sous-Dine rises as a striking mountain peak east of Thorens-Glières , a plateau with steep slopes and an impassable plateau shaped by cart fields , on which the highest elevation of the area is reached at 2004 m . To the southeast of the Montagne de Sous-Dine, the valley of the Champ Laitier , the Montagne des Frêtes (up to 1914 m ), the Plateau des Glières ( 1400 m ) and the ridge of the Montagne des Auges (up to 1909 m ) connect .
There are also various hamlet settlements and farmsteads in the surrounding area, including:
- Gorez ( 590 m ) in the Fillière valley
- Battendier ( 680 m ) on the ledge between Fillière and Daudens
- Laffin ( 712 m ) on the northern slope of the Fillière
- Le Chêne ( 820 m ) at the height of the Bornes plateau
- Nantizel ( 860 m ) at the height of the Bornes plateau
- Les Pellets ( 850 m ) at the height of the Bornes plateau
- Guichard ( 770 m ) on the slope above Thorens-Glières
- Les Noyers ( 754 m ) on the Flan at the western foot of the Montagne de Sous-Dine
- La Lua ( 800 m ) on the Flan at the west foot of the Montagne de Sous-Dine
- Les Molliets ( 900 m ) on the northern slope of the Flan
- Les Cheneviers ( 1060 m ) at the north foot of the Montagne de Sous-Dine
- Mont-Piton ( 1070 m ) at the northern foot of the Montagne de Sous-Dine
- Sales ( 690 m ) above the confluence of the Flan and the Fillière
- Usillon ( 750 m ) in the Fillière basin
- Nant-Sec ( 768 m ) in the Fillière basin
- La Verrerie ( 760 m ) in the Fillière valley
- Le Jourdil ( 750 m ) in the Fillière basin
Neighboring towns of Thorens-Glières are Évires and La Roche-sur-Foron in the north, Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières in the east, Entremont , La Balme-de-Thuy , Dingy-Saint-Clair , Aviernoz and Les Ollières in the south and Groisy to the west.
history
The area around Thorens-Glières was already settled in the Neolithic . The village is mentioned in documents in 1336 under the name Thorento . The names Thorens and Thorenc appeared in the 15th century, and Thoyrens , Thoreyns and Thorin have also come down to us from a later period . In the 19th century the municipality was called Thorens-Sales and then Thorens-les-Glières ; The current name was only introduced in 1947. The place name possibly goes back to the Latin word torrens (torrent).
From the 13th century Thorens formed a rule that later came under the sovereignty of the Counts of Geneva. In 1401 it came to Savoy and from then on shared its fate.
During the Second World War Thorens-Glières gained importance as a stronghold of the French resistance fighters . They set up a fortified camp on the inaccessible Plateau des Glières , which was attacked twice in 1944 by armed forces of the Vichy regime . Only a 12,000-strong German troop was able to occupy the camp, with around 300 deaths on each side. However, the camp was recaptured by the resistance fighters some time later. This marked the beginning of the final expulsion of the fascists from the Haute-Savoie department.
Attractions
The parish church of Thorens-Glières was given its present form during a new building in neo -Gothic style in the 19th century, whereby the choir of the previous building from 1450, in which Francis de Sales, who was born here, was ordained bishop, was included. There are chapels in various hamlets, such as the chapel in Sales (built in 1677 with the burial place of the Roussy de Sales family), the Pierre-Taillée chapel and the Usillon chapel.
Of the secular buildings, Thorens Castle is one of the most important sights. It was built around 1060, although only the foundation walls and cellars have survived from that time. The round keep and some living rooms date from the 13th century, while the main part of the castle was redesigned in the 19th century. Another manorial seat was Sales Castle , on the area of which there is now a chapel. On the Plateau des Glières, display boards provide information about the fighting during the Second World War. A memorial and a chapel serve as a memorial to this time. The memorial is by Émile Gilioli from 1973: The National Monument of the Resistance ( Monument National de la Résistance , inaugurated by André Malraux ).
population
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | |
| Residents | 1140 | 1090 | 1376 | 1783 | 2077 | 2560 | 2996 | |
In the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, the number of inhabitants decreased continuously due to strong emigration (in 1861 there were 2507 inhabitants in Thorens-Glières). Since the beginning of the 1970s, however, a significant increase in population has been recorded.
Economy and Infrastructure
Thorens-Glières was a village dominated by agriculture and alpine farming until well into the 20th century . Today there are various small and medium-sized businesses. Tourism (mostly summer tourism) has also contributed to an economic upturn. Many workers are commuters who work in the Annecy area.
The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares. The main access is from the main road N203 (Annecy-La Roche-sur-Foron) through the Fillière valley. There are other road links with La Roche-sur-Foron, Évires and Villaz . The closest connection to the A41 motorway is around 13 kilometers away. The nearest train station is in the neighboring town of Groisy on the Aix-les-Bains – Annemasse line .
Personalities
- Francis de Sales was born on August 21, 1567 in the Château de Sales .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ adoption PREF / DRCL / BCLB-2016-0034 prefecture establishing the commune nouvelle Fillière from May 27, 2016