Sainte-Reine (Savoie)
Sainte -Reine is a town in the French department of Savoie in the Rhone -Alpes.
Geography
Sainte -Reine is located at 830 m above sea level. M., approximately 18 km east-northeast of the city of Chambéry (air line). The village is located in the northwest of the Savoie département, in the massif of the Wallows, in the broad valley of Ruisseau des Grands Prés at the western foot of the Dent d' Arclusaz.
The area of 14.62 km ² municipal area includes a strong section in relief of the massif of the Wallows. The central part is occupied by a broad valley floor ( about 1 km wide flat valley floor ), which is dehydrated to Chéran by the Ruisseau des Grands Prés to the north. To the south, the municipality area nearly reaches the summit of the Col du Frêne, which connects to the Isèretal. Flanked the valley to the west of Mont Pelat (1543 m above sea level. M. ) and Mont Chardonnet (1405 m above sea level. M. ), to the east of the distinctive rock faces of the Dent d' Arclusaz, on with 2040 meters above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Sainte -Reine is achieved.
At Sainte -Reine near the hamlet with the Church also includes the settlements:
- Epernay (780 m above sea level. M. ) on the Ruisseau des Grands Prés
- Routhennes (860 m above sea level. M. ) on the climb to the Col du Frêne
Neighboring municipalities of Sainte -Reine École are in the north and the east, Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny and Saint -Jean -de- la- Porte to the south and Aillon -le- Jeune in the West.
History
Sainte -Reine, formerly written Sainte- Reyne, is named after the holy Regina. It belonged to the end of the Ancien Régime to the rule bauges.
Attractions
The village church of Sainte -Reine was built in the 19th century in the Gothic Revival style. In addition are the rectory, the school and the community center. In Epernay are a chapel and a former mansion.
Population
With 159 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Sainte -Reine is one of the smallest municipalities of the department of Savoie. After the population declined sharply in the first half of the 20th century, it remained fairly constant in recent years.
Economy and infrastructure
Sainte -Reine was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture, especially dairy farming and animal husbandry, embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Some of the working population commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares in a department road that leads from Alby- sur- Chéran by the massif of the Wallows and over the Col du Frêne to Saint -Pierre- d'Albigny. The nearest links to the A43 motorway is located at a distance of around 15 km.
Aillon -le- Jeune | Aillon -le- Vieux | Arith | Bellecombe -en -Bauges | Châtelard | La Compôte | Doucy -en -Bauges | École | Jarsy | Lescheraines | La Motte- en- Bauges | Le Noyer | Saint- François- de-Sales | Sainte -Reine
- Municipality in the department of Savoie
- Place in Rhône -Alpes