Étrembières

Étrembières is a commune in the French department of Haute- Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region.

Geography

Étrembières is located on 404 m above sea level. M., about a mile south of Annemasse and seven kilometers east-southeast of the city of Geneva (air line). The village extends into the Talniederung the Arve at the northern foot of the Petit Salève, on the outskirts of Annemasse, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of ​​5.43 square kilometers municipal area includes a section at the bottom Arve Valley. The northern boundary runs along the Arve, which here flows in a 1 km wide at the northern foot of the Talniederung Salève. From the river, the municipality's area extends southward across the valley floor to the hamlet of Les Iles. This is followed on the south by the steep slope of the Salève and the Petit Salève. The southern boundary runs approximately in the middle of this crossed by numerous rock bands slope. Here is 860 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Étrembières.

To Étrembières next to the original village also includes the settlement Le Pas de l' échelle (430 m above sea level. M. ) the northern foot of the Salève. Neighboring communities of Étrembières are Gaillard and Annemasse in the north, Vétraz -Monthoux and Arthaz -Pont -Notre -Dame East, Monnetier -Mornex and Bossey in the south, as well as the Swiss town of Veyrier in the northwest.

History

The territory of Étrembières was already in the Neolithic period ( this time stemmed from a dolmen, which was destroyed in 1836 ) and during the time Burgundy populated. In the 13th century, a noble family of Étrembières is mentioned, which served as vassals of the Counts of Geneva. In the Middle Ages, the place had the function of a transition over the Arve. In 1536 Étrembières got to the Bernese bailiff Gaillard, 1567 to the dukes of Savoy.

In the French department of Léman Étrembières 1813 united with Veyrier one community. With the Treaty of Turin in 1816, the Kingdom of Sardinia Étrembières slammed while Veyrier came to the Swiss canton of Geneva.

Attractions

The Gothic chapel dates from the 15th century. Of the secular buildings the medieval castle are to be mentioned, while the castle of Le Châtillon only a few remnants remain. From Pas de l' échelle a cableway leads to a lookout point on the Salève.

Population

With 1904 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Étrembières one of the smaller towns in the Haute-Savoie region. During the early 1970s, and since about 2000, a significant increase in population was recorded.

Economy and infrastructure

Étrembières was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Today there are numerous companies of small and medium industries, as well as construction and trading companies and firms in the service sector. Since 1994 Étrembières location of a Migros shopping center. At the northern foot of the Salève large quarries are exploited (limestone and marl ).

The village region has a very well developed. It lies on the main road N206 that runs from Saint -Julien -en- Genevois via Annemasse to Thonon -les- Bains. The nearest links to the A40 motorway, which runs through the municipality, is located at a distance of approximately one kilometer.

In the village there was a key station on the railway lines Léaz -Saint -Gingolph and Aix -les- Bains- Annemasse.