Volonne

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Volonne
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Volonne (France)
Volonne
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Digne-les-Bains
Canton Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Community association Provence-Alpes agglomeration
Coordinates 44 ° 7 '  N , 6 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 '  N , 6 ° 1'  E
height 433-1,244 m
surface 24.61 km 2
Residents 1,650 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 67 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 04290
INSEE code 04244

Church of St. Martin from the 11th / 12th centuries century

Volonne is a French commune with 1,650 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains .

geography

The place is on the Durance at an altitude of approx. 460  m above sea level.

history

The name of the city appears for the first time in documents in 1030. In the Middle Ages , the Abbey of Chardavon (now in the parish of Saint-Geniez) owned a church in Volonne, perhaps the Church of St. Martin. The place was conquered, looted and burned down during the Wars of Religion. In 1885 the community was hit by a cholera epidemic, and twelve children died.

Number of inhabitants
(source: INSEE)
year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2016
Residents 1,070 1,253 1,309 1,387 1,516 1,658 1,648

Attractions

  • Romanesque church of St-Martin from the 11th century
  • a castle from the 17th or 18th century
  • a chapel of Saint Jean de Taravon

Buildings

Volonne is a former crossing over the Durance .

Volonne: bridge over the Durance
ruins

The first suspension bridge was privately built in 1846 and had a span of 99 m and a width of 3.9 m. Tolls were levied until 1857. The bridge was used without major modifications until 1928 (with major repairs in 1857, 1885, 1886, 1898 and 1918). The bridge was replaced and burned down by the Resistance in 1944 . In 1949 a third bridge was built with a length of 102 m and a width of 4.4 m, this bridge was replaced by a cable-stayed bridge in 2006 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Colomb: L'épidémie de choléra de 1884 . In: Annales de Haute-Provence. Bulletin de la Société scientifique et littéraire de Haute-Provence , Vol. 320 (1992), 3e trimestre, p. 210, ISSN  0240-4672 .
  2. ^ INSEE: Volonne
  3. ↑ a b c Entry No. 04244 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ^ Josette Chambonnet: Routes, bacs, ponts et chemins de fer . In: Château-Arnoux. Chroniques de Haute-Provence. Bulletin de la Société scientifique et littéraire des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , Vol. 303 (1987), p. 178, ISSN  0240-4672 .

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