Grilly

Grilly is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.

Geography

Grilly is on 513 m above sea level. Level, four kilometers east of Gex and about 14 km north of the city of Geneva (air line). This former farm extends in the Pays de Gex: a scenic elevated position on a plateau at the southern foot of Mont Mourex ( the Jura upstream height), at the northern edge of the lake basin, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of ​​7.50 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the Pays de Gex. The south-eastern boundary runs along the Versoix, which drains the area to Lake Geneva. The creek flows with several meanders through a wide, partly swampy Talniederung ( Pré Nouveau ). From the flood plain, the municipality's area extends to the northwest on the 1 km wide and 3 km long plateau of Grilly as well as on the adjacent Mont Mourex. Here is 754 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Grilly. The mountain is partly forested, partly covered by meadows and has a gently sloping south-facing slope on.

To Grilly the village Mourex part ( 651 m above sea level. M. ): a scenic location on the southern slopes of Mont Mourex. Neighboring communities of Grilly are Versoix and Cessy in the south, Gex in the west, and Vesancy Divonne- les- Bains in the north and the Swiss towns Chavannes -des- Bois and Versoix in the east.

History

The territory of Grilly been inhabited since prehistoric times, and during the Roman period. First mentioned in a document of the place is in 1126 under the name Graillie. In the course of time, changed the spelling on Graliacus (1271 ), Grellie ( 1277 ), Greillier ( 1332 ), Greyllie ( 1365 ), Grilier ( 1390 ), Greylliacus ( 1397 ), Greylliez ( 1573), Greylly (1660 ) to the present name Grilly occupied since 1691. The name goes back to the Gallo-Roman family names Gralius and means something like estate of Gralius.

Since the Middle Ages Grilly formed its own little rule that initially depended on the counts of Geneva and came to the Counts of Savoy in the 14th century. Then Grilly told the eventful history of the Pays de Gex, with which it finally came to France after the Treaty of Lyon in 1601.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint- Benoît is originally from the 15th century but was extensively rebuilt in the 19th century. It was part of the earlier building, for example, two Gothic chapels, involved. The Château de Grilly was built in the 15th century and remodeled in the 18th century. From the time it was built a tower and parts of the enclosure are maintained. Another former stately home dating from the 13th century. On the Mont Mourex a stone circle ( Cromlech ) is composed of 10 standing stones.

Population

With 775 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Grilly is one of the small communities of the department of Ain. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century, a continuous population growth was recorded since the early 1960s again. Outside the old town center, numerous new single-family homes were built.

Economy and infrastructure

Grilly was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Today, there are some operations of small and medium enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who work in the larger towns of the Pays de Gex or as a frontier in the agglomeration of Geneva.

The place is a good infrastructure. It lies on the secondary road D15, which runs from Ferney- Voltaire to Divonne -les- Bains. Further road links exist with Gex and Cessy. The nearest links to the Swiss highway A1 is located at a distance of about 6 km. The former railway line that ran from Bellegarde- sur -Valserine to Divonne -les- Bains and also served Grilly, was shut down. In its place today is a bus line.