Chavornay (Ain)
Chavornay is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.
Geography
Chavornay is located on 410 m above sea level. Level, about 14 kilometers north of the town of Belley (air line). The farming village extends in the southeastern Bugey, a scenic location on a sloping hillside to the southwest at the foot of the Grand Colombier, at the southern entrance to the valley of the Valromey, approximately 200 m above the valley of Séran.
The area of 7.77 km ² municipal area comprises a portion of Valromey. The Valromey forms a broad valley between two high Jura ridges. The western part of the municipality of soil is occupied by a sloping plateau to the south of the Valromey. Due to the erosion valley of a short side of the creek Séran this plateau is separated from the east slope of subsequent Chavornay. To the east, the municipality's area extends over the steep, densely forested and partly marked by rocky walls slope down to the broad crest of the Jura Grand Colombier. On its southernmost summit of the Pointe de Fautriolet is with 1443 meters above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Chavornay.
To Chavornay addition to the actual site includes various hamlets and farmhouses, namely ( from south to north ):
- Ouche (350 m above sea level. M. ) on the slope of Chavornay over the valley of Séran
- Charaillin (460 m above sea level. M. ) on the western slope of the Grand Colombier
- La Chapelle (450 m above sea level. M. ) on the hillside above the village
- Vovray (500 m above sea level. M. ) on the western slope of the Grand Colombier
- Dasin (530 m above sea level. M. ) on the western slope of the Grand Colombier
Neighboring communities of Chavornay are Virieu -le- Petit in the north, and BÃ © Culoz in the east, the south and Vieu Talissieu in the West.
History
Is first mentioned Chavornay in 1198 already under the present name. For later times the names Chauvornay ( 1258 ) and Chavorniacus ( 1265 ) have survived. The name goes back to the Gallo-Roman family names Cavorinius and means something like estate of Cavorinius ( Cavoriniacum ). Since the 12th century belonged to the rule Chavornay La Tour, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy. The Treaty of Lyon reached the village in 1601 to France.
Attractions
The village of Saint-André church was originally developed from a Gothic building which was later changed several times. In Chavornay and in the various hamlets typical houses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.
Population
With 209 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Chavornay one of the small communities of the department of Ain. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, an increase in population was recorded since the early 1980s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Chavornay was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Still plays the vineyard on the slopes below Chavornay a role as a source of income for locals. The slopes are protected designation of origin Bugey. There are also some plants of local small businesses, including a cheese factory. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Talissieu after Virieu -le- Petit. Another road connection with Arte Mare.