Yenne
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Chambery | |
| Canton | Bugey savoyard (main town) | |
| Community association | Yenne | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 42 ' N , 5 ° 46' E | |
| height | 220-611 m | |
| surface | 23.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,978 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 127 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73170 | |
| INSEE code | 73330 | |
| Website | www.mairie-yenne.fr | |
 The center ( Place Charles Dullin ) of Yenne |
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Yenne is a French commune with 2,978 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Chambéry and the canton of Bugey Savoyard . It is the capital (French: bureau centralisateur ) of this canton and the seat of the Yenne community association .
geography
location
Yenne is located at 231 m on the northwestern edge of the Savoie department, about 19 kilometers northwest of the city of Chambéry (as the crow flies) on the banks of the Rhône . Neighboring municipalities of Yenne are Virignin , Parves-et-Nattages and Massignieu-de-Rives in the neighboring Ain department in the north, Jongieux , Billième , Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu and Saint-Paul in the east, Traize in the south, and La Balme in the West.
topography
The village extends on the left bank of the Rhône in a flat alluvial plain, which is part of a syncline in the southernmost tip of the French Jura . In the east, a sharply defined, about 200 m rising edge of the terrain delimits the municipality. It is one of the foothills of an anticline formed by the Mont de la Charvaz and Mont du Chat , which separates the plain of Yenne from the Lac du Bourget . In the west there is also a ridge that is part of the municipality but is less pronounced with elevations of up to 611 m . The Rhone, which forms the municipality boundary in the north of Yenne, cuts through this ridge in a narrow gorge, the approximately 3 km long Gorge de la Balme . Between the river and the town there is an extensive swamp level, which is criss-crossed by drainage ditches. Due to the karst subsoil of the surrounding mountains, in which the surface water seeps away, there are no other noteworthy flowing waters in Yenne apart from the Rhone.
Community structure
The following settlements and hamlets belong to the municipality:
- Étain , Petit Lagneux , Grand Lagneux , Bas Somont , Haut Somont , (between 240 m and 340 m ) all on the edge of the plain of Yenne, along the edge of the terrain between the plain and the Mont de la Charvaz ,
- Les Soudans and Arcolière ( 340 m ) on hills covered with vineyards in the plain of Yenne,
- Landrecin , Chambuet , Les Bernards , Ameysin ( 250 m ) around the village of Yenne
- Et les couleurs and Chevru ( 310 m or 380 m ) on the largely wooded ridge between Yenne and La Balme.
history
Today's Yenne is assigned to the Gallic-Roman Etanna on the Tabula Peutingeriana . It was on the Roman road between Vienne and Geneva and was given a distance of 21 Roman miles from Condate (now Seyssel). In 1972, the remains of a cult site from the Gallo-Roman period were found near the hamlet of Landrecin.
In the High Middle Ages there was a priory in Yenne, which was founded in 1097 by Humbert II of Savoy and was subordinate to the Bishop of Belley. The name of the place was at the time Hyenna (1097), Yenna (1130), Jenne (1352) and again Hyenne (15th century). Around the place there were a number of small gentlemen with their own estates, which developed into today's hamlets and districts of Yenne. They were fortified with permanent houses and castles in the 14th and 15th centuries , some of which are still preserved today. The market town of Yenne was given certain freedoms as early as 1215, and rule came under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy around 1350. In 1586 they made the noble La Baume family Marquis of Yenne. The marquisate extended over Yenne and 11 other surrounding parishes.
Attractions
- The parish church of Yenne was built in the 12th century and is classified as a monument historique . After structural changes in the 14th and 17th centuries, it shows a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic style elements. It is a stop on the Way of St. James, Via Gebennensis , which leads from Geneva to Le Puy and there connects to Via Podiensis .
- The structure of the medieval town center has largely been preserved. In addition to the parish church and the remains of the medieval priory building from the 15th century, there are a number of other houses and alleys with medieval structures. Some noble houses from the Ancien Régime are also part of the center.
- Some of the 14th and 15th century mansions around Yenne have survived , including the permanent houses in Commugnin and La Faverge , the Château de la Dragonnière (rebuilt in the 20th century), and Château du Châtelard (preserved as a ruin) , Château de Lagneux and Château de Sommont .
- The Clos des Capucins is an old women's convent from the 17th century, which is now operated by the municipality as a conference center.
- The Rhône branches off above Yenne, and the arm in the Yenne area corresponds to the original river bed. Its breakthrough through the Jurassic ridge west of Yenne is the Gorge de la Balme , a gorge with impressive, around 100 m high rock walls that can be viewed from the Notre Dame de la Montagne chapel on the edge of the gorge or the suspension bridge Pont de Yenne .
Château de Somont
Château de Lagneux
The Rhone Gorge de la Balme
The suspension bridge Pont de Yenne at the beginning of the Gorge de la Balme
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 1.914 |
| 1968 | 2,063 |
| 1975 | 2.152 |
| 1982 | 2,359 |
| 1990 | 2,449 |
| 1999 | 2,599 |
| 2006 | 2,811 |
| 2011 | 2,960 |
With 2978 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Yenne is one of the medium-sized communities in the Savoie department. After the population had declined slightly towards the end of the 19th century (around 3,000 inhabitants were counted in 1860), it stagnated at around 2,000 inhabitants in the middle of the 20th century. In recent decades, thanks to the attractive residential area, there has been a significant increase in population again. The inhabitants of Yenne are called Yennois or Yennoises in French .
Economy and Infrastructure
Yenne is a village that is partly characterized by viticulture and is located in the Savoie wine-growing region . The AOC Vin de Savoie applies to white, rosé and red wines of various grape varieties . The place is also approved for the stricter designation of origin Vin de Savoie Jongieux , which emanates from the neighboring town . This applies to white wines with Jacquère as the main grape variety (at least 80% vines) and to red wine blends made from Gamay , Mondeuse and Pinot Noir . White wines made from the Altesse grape variety (locally called Roussette ) may also be marketed under the protected designation of origin Roussette de Savoie . In addition to viticulture, milk and cheese production play an important role. There is a large cooperative dairy in Yenne that produces a range of regional and local cheeses.
In addition to agriculture, there are now some local small businesses. Yenne has maintained its role as a local center in rural areas, both in the commercial and administrative areas: there are now a few small shops in the center and the service sector has the largest number of jobs, over a third. Since the end of the 20th century, the village has increasingly developed into a residential community whose employees work in the larger towns in the area. Most of them work in the greater Aix-les-Bains –Chambéry area, and about a third of commuters are employed in the neighboring Ain and Haute-Savoie departments .
The village is located away from today's main traffic arteries at the intersection of two regional road connections, the Départementstraße D1504 (former national road N504 ) between Ambérieu-en-Bugey and Chambéry and the D921 between Culoz and Novalaise . The Tunnel du Chat , opened in 1932, improved the connection to Chambéry and the motorway network. The closest connection to the A41 and A43 motorways is 19 kilometers away.
In Yenne there is a pre-school ( école maternelle ), a state primary school ( école élémentaire ) and a comprehensive school ( collège ).
Personalities
- Charles Dullin (born May 12, 1885 in Yenne, † December 11, 1949 in Paris) was a French actor, director and theater director.
- René Carron (* 1942), former mayor of Yenne, was chairman of the French bank Crédit Agricole from 2002 to 2010 .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Yenne (French)
- Website of the cooperative dairy in Yenne (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c JJ Vernier: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Savoie . Imprimerie Savoisienne, 1896, p. 754 (French, online on BNF [accessed January 19, 2014]).
- ^ Armoiries de la noblesse des Savoie. (PDF; 1.8 MB) Retrieved October 5, 2014 (French).
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↑ Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Yenne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French) Yenne. In: Structurae
- ↑ Yenne. In: Structurae
- ↑ Yenne. In: Structurae
- ↑ French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
- ↑ Yenne - notice communale. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 20, 2014 (French, INSEE population from 1968 ).
- ↑ Cahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée "Vin de Savoie" homologué par le décret n ° 2011-1333 from 20 October 2011 . (PDF; 2.8 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Bulletin 43/2011 of the French Ministry of Agriculture . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on September 27, 2014 (French, counting pages 27–50).
- ^ Complete dossier on Yenne. In: INSEE . Retrieved October 1, 2014 (French).