Artemare
Arte Mare is a commune in the French department of Ain , in the Rhône -Alpes.
Geography
Arte Mare is located at 258 m above sea level. Level, about 13 kilometers north of the town of Belley (air line). The village is located in the southeastern Bugey, in the valley of Séran at the entrance to the valley of the Valromey, between the Jura heights of plan agate in the west and Grand Colombier in the east.
The area of 3.75 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the Bugey. The main part of the territory occupied by the 2 km wide, flat valley of Séran, flowing from northwest to southeast into the Rhône. West of the village comes from the Séran from a canyon and falls with an almost 70 m high waterfall ( Cascade de Cerveyrieu ) on a rock wall in the basin of Arte Mare. In the area of Arte Mare also Arvière lead (also called Groin ) and the village stream Yon in the Séran. In the south of the municipality floor extends to the edge of the plateau of Ceyzérieu (up to 320 m above sea level. M. ), in the west of the Plateau de Fierloz (322 m above sea level. M. ). To the north, the municipality's area extends over the steep slope, which leads on to Valromey. At this slope is 360 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Arte Mare.
At Arte Mare the hamlet Cerveyrieu part (255 m above sea level. M. ) on Séran near the waterfall. Neighboring communities of Arte Mare Vieu are in the north, Talissieu in the east, Ceyzérieu and Saint -Martin -de- Bavel in the south and Belmont- Luthézieu in the West.
History
The territory of Arte Mare was already inhabited during the Roman period. In the Middle Ages Arte Mare formed its own government, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy. The Treaty of Lyon, the village came in 1601 to France.
Attractions
The parish church of Arte Mare was built around 1830. At the western entrance to the Château de Machuraz stands with its round tower; it was built in the 16th century and restored in the 19th century. Above the village, the Château d' Antioch rises. In Cerveyrieu is the Maison des dîmes ( tithe barn ), which was built before 1572 and is flanked by a polygonal tower. Among the natural attractions, the impressive especially at high water, about 70 m high Cascade de Cerveyrieu heard.
Population
With 1140 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Arte Mare is one of the smaller communities of the department of Ain. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, a continuous population growth was recorded since the early 1960s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Arte Mare was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Today the vineyard on the slopes north of Arte Mare plays a role as a source of income for locals. There are also some plants of the local small business sector. 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 village region has a quite well developed. It lies on the secondary road D1504, which runs from Ambérieu -en- Bugey to Aix -les- Bains. Further road links exist with Champagne -en- Valromey, Saint -Martin -de- Bavel and Belmont- Luthézieu. The station Arte Mare on the railway line Lyon -Genève other hand, is no longer served.