Belmont-Luthézieu
Belmont- Luthézieu is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.
Geography
Belmont- Luthézieu located at 450 meters above sea level. Level, about 14 kilometers north of the town of Belley (air line). The double municipality extends in the southeastern Bugey, a scenic location on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays, a ridge in the French Jura, above the valley of Séran, at the southern entrance to the valley of the Valromey.
The area of 19.77 km ² municipal area comprises a portion of Valromey. The Valromey forms a broad valley between two Jura ridges. In this valley the river Séran, runs along the eastern boundary of the municipality and its tributaries are incised. From the river, the municipality's area extends westward over the slopes of Belmont and Luthézieu up on the adjacent ridge, which is structurally in a geological point of anticline consisting of sediments of the upper Jurassic period. On the crest of spreading large forest areas of: Forêt du Fays and Forêt Domaniale de Gervais ( above 1110 m the highest peak of M. Belmont- Luthézieu. ) ( 1040 m asl. ). In the extreme southeast of the community extends into the ground also drained from Séran Talniederung at the foot of the hills down (260 m above sea level. M. ).
The double municipality consists of a series of villages, hamlets and farmsteads, namely:
- Belmont (450 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays
- Champdossin (380 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays
- Massignieu (305 m above sea level. M. ) on a plateau at the foot of the slope
- Sammonod (480 m above sea level. M. ) on a saddle in Valromey
- Vogland (540 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt du Fays
- Nérieu ( 695 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt Domaniale de Gervais
- Bioléaz ( 725 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern slope of the Forêt Domaniale de Gervais
- Luthézieu (510 m above sea level. M. ) on a plateau in Valromey
- Muffieu (530 m above sea level. M. ) in a tributary of the Séran
- Vercosin (580 m above sea level. M. ) on a plateau in Valromey
Neighboring communities of Belmont- Luthézieu are Sutrieu in the north, Champagne -en- Valromey, Vieu and Arte Mare in the east, Saint -Martin -de- Bavel and Virieu -le- Grand in the south and Thézillieu in the West.
History
The territory of Belmont- Luthézieu was already inhabited in prehistoric times. In 1110 the priory of Saint- Claude was founded in Belmont. Since the 12th century Luthézieu formed a parish. Both villages were in the Middle Ages under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy, and came with the Treaty of Lyon in 1601 to France. On November 1, 1974, the previously independent municipalities of Belmont and Luthézieu merged to today's double municipality.
Attractions
The Parish Church of Belmont originated in the 12th century, but has since then been restored and redecorated, especially during the 17th and 18th centuries. Worth seeing is the small church of Luthézieu, which was also built in the 12th century. From this time the Romanesque choir is received, the church is registered as a monument historique. From the 17th century the chapel of Vogland comes.
Remains of the priory of Saint- Claude ( 16th century ) in Belmont, the Tithe Barn ( Grange of Dîmes ) on a hill north of Belmont, from; Of the secular buildings are the Château d' Hostel ( changed in the 18th century, 15th century ) the 16th century in Vercosin and the monument of the resistance fighters of Valromey to mention in Luthézieu.
Among the natural attractions include the impressive especially at high water, about 70 m high Cascade de Cerveyrieu and also created by Séran Gorge Thurignin.
Population
With 527 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Belmont Luthézieu one of the small communities of the department of Ain. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, population growth was recorded since the mid- 1980s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Belmont- Luthézieu was well into the 20th century, a predominantly coined by agriculture village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has changed thanks to the lovely position into a residential community. Many working population commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares at the Department D8 road that leads from Virieu -le- Grand on the Col de la live by Hauteville- Lompnes. Further road links exist with Arte Mare and Champagne -en- Valromey.