Anglefort

Anglefort is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.

Geography

Anglefort is located at 251 m above sea level. M., six kilometers south of Seyssel and about 24 kilometers west of the town of Annecy (air line). The village extends into the broad Talniederung the Rhone, west of the river, between the ridges of Grand Colombier in the west and Montagne du Gros Foug the east.

The area of ​​29.26 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the Rhone Valley. The Rhone flows in a wide valley from north to south and is dammed above Anglefort by a weir. Therefore, their water is split on one channel and a wide Altwasserflussbett. The eastern boundary runs approximately in the middle of the valley on the area between the two arms of water Ile de la Malourdie. To the west, the municipality's area on the broad flat Talniederung and the steep and mostly densely forested slopes of the Jura to the subsequent ridge of the Grand Colombier extends. Geologically, this ridge forms a anticline consisting of sediments of the upper Jurassic period. Above approximately 1200 m above sea level. M. are extensive mountain pastures. With 1531 m above sea level. M. is achieved at the summit of the elongated ridge of the Grand Colombier is the highest elevation of Anglefort.

To Anglefort addition to the actual site includes several different villages, hamlets and farmsteads, including:

• Champriond (260 m above sea level. M. ) at the eastern foot of the Grand Colombier
• Chevrier ( 270 m above sea level. M. ) at the eastern foot of the Grand Colombier
• Bouilloux (280 m above sea level. M. ) at the eastern foot of the Grand Colombier
• Boursin (270 m above sea level. M. ) increased slightly in the Rhône valley
• Mieugy (350 m above sea level. M. ) on the lower east slope of the Grand Colombier
• Bezonne (680 m above sea level. M. ) on a ridge on the eastern slope of the Grand Colombier
• Moiret (960 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern slope of the Grand Colombier

Neighboring communities of Anglefort are Corbonod, Seyssel (Ain) and Seyssel (Haute -Savoie ) in the north, and Motz Serrières -en- Chautagne in the east, the south and Culoz Virieu -le- Petit and Lochieu in the West.

History

The territory of Anglefort was already inhabited during the Roman period, which could be evidenced by the discovery of graves from this period. Anglefort goes back to a company founded in the 12th century Benedictine priory, which was first called Enflafol. In the Middle Ages, the village formed its own little rule.

Attractions

The parish church of Angle fort was built in the 18th century. In the 19th century it was enlarged and restored its bell tower, which had been demolished during the French Revolution. Your location is farther away from the Rhone than the original church from the 13th century, which had to be abandoned because of frequent flooding. Next to the church remains of the former priory ( from the 14th and 15th century ) are visible. The municipal area there are several places of residence: the Château d'Angle Fort ( 18th century), the seat of power of Boursin (originally from the 13th century and later restored ), and the ruins of the castle of La Rochette ( 13th and 14th centuries ). From Château d' Anglefort the staircase is enrolled as a monument historique. Also worth seeing is the citizen homes de Marmoz (18th century), and de Fontany de la Saulce are in the district Mieugy.

Population

With 1031 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Anglefort one of the small communities of the department of Ain. Since the early 1960s, a substantial population increase was recorded.

Economy and infrastructure

Was Anglefort until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Even today the fertile Talniederung is used for intensive agriculture, where the use is concentrated to about ten companies. Viticulture is, however, almost completely disappeared, although the slopes are north of Anglefort part of the appellation Bugey.

In addition to some of the local small business enterprises is in Anglefort a production plant for metallurgical silicon. It belongs to the company FerroPem that manufactures there with about 100 employees annually 35,000 tons of silicon and 13,000 tons of silica dust in two 33 -MW electric furnaces. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The Rhone canal on the site of Anglefort serves the electricity supply and inland waterway. Is the completed in 1981 Laufwasserkraftwerk Centrale de hydroélectrique Chautagne that has installed more than 90 MW of power to about half of the channel path. In the summer of 2010, in addition to the power plant in the lock system Ecluse de Chautagne was opened. It allows two locks of 10 and 7.3 m drop height, the passage for barges of Peniche class and extended the navigability of the Rhone about 50 km ( along with another lock structure upstream ).

The village region has a quite well developed. It lies on the secondary road D992 which leads from Seyssel after Culoz. Anglefort has a station on the railway line Lyon- Genève, but is no longer served.

In Anglefort is since 1894 a state École primaire, ie a primary school with attached École maternelle (kindergarten ).