Cormaranche-en-Bugey
Cormaranche -en- Bugey is a commune in the French department of Ain , in the Rhône -Alpes.
Geography
Cormaranche -en- Bugey is located 840 meters above sea level. M., two miles south of Hauteville- Lompnes and about 20 kilometers east of the city Ambérieu -en- Bugey (air line). This former farm extends in the central Bugey, a slight increase on the eastern edge of a broad valley of the high Jura, which belongs to the Plateau d' Hauteville, at the foot of the plan agate.
The area of 18.92 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the southern French Jura. The central part of a wide -oriented in north-south direction dump taken ( to an average of 780 m above sea level. M. ), which forms a syncline the Jura folds. The one kilometer wide and two kilometers long valley is a vast marsh area ( Marais de Vaux ), in the northern part of the bog lake is Etang of Lésines. The area is drained northward to Albarine. Towards the south of the trough increases slowly, and a further saddle passes through the basin of Thézillieu.
In the West Valley from the wooded ridge of the Forêt de Dergit and the Forêt de Rouge (1010 m above sea level. M. ) flanked. The eastern boundary is marked by the long-drawn out near the summit ridge of densely forested plan agate ( 1234 m above sea level. M. ). This anticline separates the Plateau d' Hauteville of the eastern valley of the Valromey. On the crest of the Combe de Mazière is 1240 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Cormaranche -en- Bugey. In the north, the limit is in the headwaters of a side stream of Albarine and extends its leading westward erosion valley.
To Cormaranche -en- Bugey the hamlet of Vaux -Saint -Sulpice are (790 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley on the southern edge of the Marais de Vaux and various small groups of farms and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Cormaranche -en- Bugey Hauteville- Lompnes are in the west and north, and Lompnieu Sutrieu in the east and in the south Thézillieu.
History
Based on the finds of pottery fragments and tools, it is assumed that the area of Cormaranche has been inhabited since the 4th century. First mentioned, however, the place is only in the year 1055 under the name Cormarinca. Over time, the spelling on Cormarenchi ( 1142 ), Cormarenchia ( 1146 ) and Cormarenche (1670 ) transformed to the present name Cormaranche. Order (also in the Department of Ain ) to avoid confusion with the almost identically worded place names Cormoranche -sur -Saône, in 1920 the official name Cormaranche -en- Bugey has been introduced.
Since the 11th century, the area of Cormaranche belonged to the monastery of Saint- Sulpice. The sovereignty over the territory was up to the Counts of Savoy. The Treaty of Lyon Cormaranche arrived in 1601 to France.
Attractions
The present parish church Saint -Martin was built in 1827 and 1835 in a mixture of stylistic forms of Neo-Romanesque and Gothic Revival. It has three naves and an octagonal bell tower. The community house dates from 1846 and was first used as a school house.
Population
With 828 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Cormaranche -en- Bugey is one of the small communities of the department of Ain. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1881 or 670 persons were counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the mid-1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Cormaranche -en- Bugey was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture and forestry village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. It is the site of Ecole du Bois. 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. In winter Cormaranche -en- Bugey benefited from tourism, when are groomed on the Plateau d' Hauteville cross-country skiing. On the slope of the plan agate there is a downhill slope, which is accessible by a ski lift.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Hauteville- Lompnes over the Col de la live by Arte Mare. Further road links exist with Thézillieu and over the Col de la Rochette with Ruffieu in Valromey.