Verel-Pragondran

Verel-Pragondran
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Chambery
Canton	Saint-Alban-Leysse
Community association	Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges
Coordinates	45 ° 36 '  N , 5 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 36 '  N , 5 ° 57'  E
height	432-1,500 m
surface	6.53 km 2
Residents	476 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	73 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	73230
INSEE code	73310
Verel, the center of the parish

Verel-Pragondran is a French municipality with 476 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Saint-Alban-Leysse in the Arrondissement of Chambéry .

geography

Verel-Pragondran is located at 580  m , about five kilometers north-northeast of the city of Chambéry (as the crow flies). The mountain village extends in the west of the Savoie department, on the southwestern edge of the Bauges massif and at the foot of the Nivolet, in a panoramic position around 300 m above the Chambéry valley plain.

The area of ​​the 6.53 km² large municipal area includes a section of the solid mass of the Bauges. The main part of the area is occupied by a south-sloping ledge on the western slopes of Nivolet and Mont Revard . The western border runs above the steep drop to the Chambéry depression. The area is drained by the Dorfbach from Verel to the south to the Leysse (tributary of the Lac du Bourget ). To the east, the community area extends over the slope, which is criss-crossed by characteristic rock bands, to below the Nivolet summit. At around 1500  m , the highest point of Verel-Pragondran is reached in the far north at the height of Mont Revard. The municipality lies within the Regional Nature Park Massif des Bauges (French: Parc naturel régional du Massif des Bauges ).

The community consists of the districts Verel ( 580  m ) and Pragondran ( 820  m ), both located on the ledge at the foot of the Nivolet. Neighboring municipalities of Verel-Pragondran are Drumettaz-Clarafond in the north, Les Déserts and Saint-Jean-d'Arvey in the east, Saint-Alban-Leysse in the south and Sonnaz and Méry in the west.

history

The first written mentions are ecclesia de Verrello for Verel from around 1100 and Pratum Gondrani for Pragondran from 1234. In the Middle Ages, Verel and Pragondran belonged to the La Croix rule. In 1804 the municipality of Verel was officially renamed Verel-Pragondran.

Attractions

The village church of Verel was built in the 19th century.

Population development

year	Residents
1962	106
1968	100
1975	175
1982	273
1990	347
1999	408
2006	419

With 476 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Verel-Pragondran is one of the small communities in the Savoie department. After the population declined in the first half of the 20th century, a marked increase in population has been recorded again since the early 1970s thanks to the attractive residential area. Since then, the population has quadrupled.

Economy and Infrastructure

Until well into the 20th century, Verel-Pragondran was primarily a village characterized by agriculture , mainly dairy farming and cattle breeding. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime the village has developed into a residential community. Many employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area, especially in the Chambéry area.

The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares. Access is possible from Saint-Alban-Leysse, Bassens and Chambéry. The closest connection to the A43 motorway is around six kilometers away.

Web links

Commons : Verel-Pragondran  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 593, 727 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
2. ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
3. ^ Verel-Pragondran - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved October 1, 2014 (French).  
4. ^ Complete dossier on Verel-Pragondran. In: INSEE . Retrieved October 2, 2014 (French).