Tours-en-Savoie

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Tours-en-Savoie
Tours-en-Savoie (France)
Tours-en-Savoie
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Albertville
Canton Albertville-1
Community association Arlysere
Coordinates 45 ° 39 ′  N , 6 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′  N , 6 ° 26 ′  E
height 343–2,440 m
surface 15.37 km 2
Residents 959 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 73790
INSEE code
Website www.toursensavoie.fr

Tours-en-Savoie is a French municipality with 959 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Albertville-1 in the Albertville arrondissement .

geography

location

Tours-en-Savoie is 400  m on the banks of the Isère , about 41 kilometers east of the prefecture of Chambéry , 65 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Geneva and 76 kilometers northeast of the city of Grenoble (as the crow flies). The neighboring communities of Tours-en-Savoie are Queige in the north, Beaufort in the east, La Bâthie and Esserts-Blay in the south and Albertville in the west .

topography

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​15.37 km 2 encompasses the entire outer flank of the Isère valley at the entrance to the historic Tarentaise province . At this point, the river, which is embedded in a trough valley , bends westwards when coming from the south and enters the significantly less steep-walled Combe de Savoie . The flat valley floor between the Isère, which forms the western boundary of the municipality, and the foot of the valley flank represents the main settlement area of ​​Tours. Beyond the valley area, the municipality floor extends far into the high mountain range of the Beaufortain and is delimited by a wall of two-thousanders. This stretches from the Pointe de la Grande Journée ( 2460  m ) in the south over the secondary peaks of Mont Mirantin ( 2460  m ) along to La Roche Pourrie ( 2037  m ) in the north. Several small mountain streams drain their slopes towards the Isère and collect in the Grand Ruisseau (also: Torrent de Saint Clément ). Due to the almost completely forested valley flank, the forest portion of the community reaches 69.6%. Above the tree line at around 1800  m , there are alpine meadows (6.2%) and rock formations (15.0%).

history

The Tarentaise was already settled by the Celtic people of the Ceutrons before Roman times. The place Tours agrees geographically with the three Roman miles from Condate remote Obilonna from the Tabula Peutingeriana agree that although other sources the onomatopoeic similar district Arbine is allocated from La Bâthie. Medieval mentions are from the 11th and 12th centuries as Tors , from 1226 as the parish of Ecclesia Turonis , Ecclesia de Turre and Ecclesia de Tors . The hill on the debris cone of the Torrent de Saint Clément , from which the bend of the river can be seen in both directions, had been fortified since the Middle Ages with the strategic importance of controlling access to the Tarentaise.

With the annexation of Savoy , Tours came to France in 1860. The municipality changed its name in 1941 to today's Tours-en-Savoie.

Attractions

Tours Castle was built in the 17th century on the remains of a medieval castle and renovated again in the 19th century. The village church of Saint-Piat from the 17th century stands in an isolated location north of the village after its centrally located previous building was destroyed by a landslide. There are also some chapels in the village. Due to its location in alluvial land between the Isère and the scree cone of a mountain stream, the place was and is particularly exposed to the risk of natural disasters. A nature trail opens up the places of floods and industrial monuments.

population

Population development
year Residents
1962 636
1968 578
1975 647
1982 698
1990 786
1999 741
2006 854
2011 842

With 959 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Tours-en-Savoie is one of the small communities in the Savoie department. After the number of inhabitants had continuously decreased in the period between the annexation of Savoy to France from 1860 to 1931 (358 inhabitants were counted in 1931), the trend has since reversed. The local residents of Tours-en-Savoie are called Tourserain (e) s in French .

Economy and Infrastructure

Tours-en-Savoie was a predominantly agricultural village well into the 20th century . In addition, there are now various local small businesses and some medium-sized businesses. In the northeast of the municipality is the Zone d'activités de Portes de Tarentaise industrial park . Here is the French branch of Kässbohrer road vehicle , the groomers manufactures and distributes. In the meantime the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area, especially in the Albertville area.

The N90 crosses as a major route of the Tarentaise the church and gave in Tours a connection point. Down the valley near Albertville it merges into the A430 motorway . A bridge over the Isère connects the place with parts of Esserts-Blay. The high altitudes and pastures of Tours can only be reached indirectly through forest roads that start in the neighboring communities. The Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny – Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway also runs through the Isère Valley and has a larger train station in Albertville. Chambéry-Savoie (distance 65 km) and Geneva (97 km) are possible airports in the region .

There is a primary school ( école primaire ) in Tours-en-Savoie .

Web links

Commons : Tours-en-Savoie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
  2. ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 709 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
  3. a b A. Gros: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie . Belley, Imprimerie Aimé Chaduc, 1937, p. 31, 471 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. a b Tours-en-Savoie - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved March 10, 2015 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
  5. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
  6. ^ Complete dossier on Tours-en-Savoie. In: INSEE . Retrieved March 10, 2015 (French).