Aillon-le-Jeune

Aillon -le- Jeune is a town in the French department of Savoie in the Rhone -Alpes.

Geography

Aillon -le- Jeune is located at 880 m above sea level. M., approximately 13 km east-northeast of the city of Chambéry (air line). The mountain village is located in the northwest of the Savoie département, in the massif of the Wallows, in a valley of the Ruisseau d' Aillon, between Mont Margériaz in the west and Grand Colombier in the east.

The area of ​​34.09 km ² municipal area includes a strong section in relief of the massif of the Wallows. The central part is occupied by the basin of the Vallée d' Aillon, which is dehydrated to Chéran by the Ruisseau d' Aillon north. In geological terms, the valley of Aillon forms a syncline. In the west the basin from the heights of Pointe Torchets ( 1469 m above sea level. M. ), Mont de la Croix is ( 1614 m above sea level. M. ) and Mont Margériaz flanked (1845 m above sea level. M. ). The slopes are densely forested, while expanding large alpine meadows on the Mont Margériaz. To the south, the municipality area extends up to the Col des Prés (1135 m above sea level. M. ), which establishes the connection to Chambery.

The eastern part of the municipality includes the headwaters of the Ruisseau d' Aillon. It represents an oriented nearly north-south direction completed hollow which is bounded by two parallel mountain ridges. In the valley of the light coming from the south Lindar and comes from the north Lourdens for Aillon, which flows through a gorge to the west in the basin of Aillon -le- Jeune unite. The western of the two mountain ranges extending from the Pointe de la Galoppaz (1680 m above sea level. M. ) on the Mont de la Buffaz (1660 m above sea level. M. ) and the Rochers de la Bath (1843 m above sea level. M. ) to Grand Colombier, on with 2043 m above sea level. M. is achieved the highest elevation of Aillon -le- Jeune. The eastern chain, while the eastern boundary of the parish is formed (1572 m above sea level. M. ), Mont Pelat (1543 m above sea level. M. ) and Mont Chardonnet (1405 m above sea level. M. ) from Mont Charvet.

To Aillon -le- Jeune addition to the actual center includes various hamlet settlements and farmsteads, including:

• La Correrie (950 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley floor at Lourdens
• La Manse (1000 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley basin at the southern foot of the Rochers de la Bath
• Le Penon (1000 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of Lindar
• Margériaz ( 1370 m above sea level. M. ), a resort on the eastern slopes of Mont Margériaz

Neighboring communities of Aillon -le- Jeune are Aillon -le- Vieux, and Ecole in the north, Sainte-Reine and Saint -Jean -de- la- Porte in the east, La Thuile in the south and Thoiry and Les Deserts in the west.

History

Is first mentioned Aillon in 1158 under the name de Allione. Later, the spellings Domus de Allionis ( 1178 ), Allonis ( 1223 ) and Prioratus de Ayllone appeared ( in the 14th century). The place name comes from the personal name Allio or Allionis. In the secluded valley floor east of the village was in 1184 at the instigation of Humbert III. of Savoy founded the Carthusian monastery Aillon. The monks made ​​the valley cultivated, whereupon settled here settlers from the surrounding areas. The monastery was destroyed by fire in 1582 and destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution.

In the valley developed since the 17th century, several forges and foundries, in which the iron ore extracted in the area has been processed. It was not until 1803, the valley was divided into two parishes. This eventually resulted in the year 1863, the division of the community Aillon in the independent communities of Aillon -le- Vieux and Aillon -le- Jeune.

Attractions

The parish church of Notre- Dame-de- Assumption was built in the 17th century and remodeled in the 19th century. The chapel of La Correrie was built by the Carthusians.

Population

With 439 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Aillon -le- Vieux is one of the small communities of the department of Savoie. After the population declined sharply in the first half of the 20th century, a significant population increase has been recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Aillon -le- Jeune 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 now benefiting also from the summer and winter tourism. To Aillon -le- Jeune include the ski resort on the western slopes of Mont Pelat as well as part of the ski Margériaz with several cable cars and ski lifts.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares in a department road that leads from Lescheraines over the Col des Prés after Thoiry. The nearest links to the A43 motorway is located at a distance of around 23 km.