Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny

Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny is a municipality with 3756 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the French Savoie département in the Rhône -Alpes.

Located at the foot of the 2040 meter high Arcluse, you look down from the village to the valley of the Isère, a tributary of the Rhone. The main town of Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny is surrounded by numerous smaller part locations. The picturesque village with its narrow streets was restored and freed from through traffic. Smaller shops and the typical French bistros located around the old church in the town center.

Although the place is surrounded by very high mountains, there is a very mild climate. In the gentle slopes around the village wine, vegetables, fruit and corn are grown. Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny is one of the major wine-growing communities in the department of Savoie. The municipality is located in the wine region Savoie. White wines from the grape Altesse ( locally called roussette ) may be marketed under the protected designation of origin roussette de Savoie. For white wines, red wines and other grape varieties, the AOC Vin de Savoie applies. The rather dry wine has also found in Germany his lover.

While it was mainly the viticulture and agriculture, which have fed the population, today many residents commute to work in the neighboring towns of Chambéry and Albertville. Both cities are only 20 miles away and connected by a highway.

In the past 30 years, many new construction and industrial areas are around the old center around arisen. As part of the motorway development of Saint- Pierre- d'Albigny received in the floodplains located below the site of the Isère a recreation area with a lake and a campground. In addition, there are numerous private apartments, which make it possible to do in Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny holiday.

Set on a ridge about two miles from the city, lies the medieval Château Miolans. The seat of the Dukes of Savoy had before the French Revolution of 1789 for Savoy has the same meaning as the Bastille in Paris. At times, up to 200 prisoners were imprisoned in the Château Miolans. Today, the building is one of the most important castles of France. Nearby Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny there are beautiful hiking areas and swimming in the nearby lakes and Lac du Bourget Lac d' Annecy. The mountain ranges of the Wallows and Beaufort, home of the cheese of the same name, invite to excursions and mountain walks. The famous French ski resort of Courchevel, Lac de Tigne and La Plagne are within an hour's drive. In clear weather only about 70 kilometers from Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny distant Mont Blanc is good to see.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Philibert Jean -Baptiste Curial (1774-1829), General of Infantry

Community partnership

Partners town of Saint -Pierre since 1973 Stetten in the Rems valley, now part of cores in the Rems valley in Baden- Württemberg.