Injoux-Génissiat

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

Geography

Injoux - Génissiat is located on 556 m above sea level. M., about seven kilometers southwest of the town of Bellegarde -sur -Valserine (air line). The double municipality extends in the Basin of Bellegarde, a scenic location on the plateau of Michaille, about 220 meters above the Talniederung the Rhone, at the eastern foot of the Cret du Nu, a ridge of the French Jura.

The area of ​​29.61 square kilometers municipal area includes a portion of the Rhone Valley. The eastern part of the municipality is occupied by the broad plateau of Michaille that on average 520 m above sea level. M. lies. It descends gradually from the east and is broken down by the valleys of short tributaries of the Rhône. The eastern boundary runs along the Rhône, which is located here in a sections of cliffs flanking the valley and is dammed up by the dam of Génissiat to a lake. To the west, the municipality's area extends over the densely forested steep slopes of the Jura ( Bois d' Injoux ) up to the crest of the Cret du Nu, on the with 1351 meters above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Injoux - Génissiat is achieved.

The community Injoux - Génissiat consists of different villages, hamlets and farms:

• Injoux ( 556 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau of Michaille
• Génissiat (360 m above sea level. M. ) on an exposed south-facing slope in the Rhône valley
• Chaix (620 m above sea level. M. ) at the foot of the Jura ridge and the Cret du Nu
• Craz (650 m above sea level. M. ) at the foot of the Jura ridge and the Cret du Nu
• Lingiaz (560 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau of Michaille
• Bériaz (530 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau of Michaille

Neighboring communities of Injoux - Génissiat are Billiat in the north, Saint- Germain- sur -Rhône and Franclens in the east, and Surjoux Lhopital in the south and Hotonnes in the West.

History

The Rhone Valley in Génissiat was inhabited in prehistoric times, but the former location now flooded by the reservoir.

Since the 12th century Injoux formed a parish. Génissiat was in the 14th century the center of a dominion which belonged to the de Coucy family. Mentioned in a document of the place 1440 under the Latinized name Gignissiacus. For later times the names Genissia ( 1536) and Ginissie and Ginissiaz (1563 ) have survived. The village Craz appears around 1365 for the first time in the documents.

With effect from 1 January 1973, three previously independent municipalities Injoux, Génissiat and Craz merged to church today Injoux - Génissiat.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint -Laurent -et -Saint -Didier in Injoux was built in the Gothic style shapes and later modified several times. The Church of Craz originally gothic. From the 14th century the castle of Génissiat, are obtained from the ruins comes. Below the town is the dam was inaugurated in 1948 Génissiat.

Population

With 1102 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Injoux - Génissiat one of the small communities of the department of Ain. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, a slight population growth was recorded since the mid- 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Injoux - Génissiat was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Among the major employers include the 1948 finished river power plant at the dam Génissiat in the Rhône. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who engage in the larger towns in the area and mainly in the near Bellegarde- sur -Valserine their work.

The village region has a quite well developed. It is located near the secondary road D991 which leads from Châtillon -en- Michaille after Seyssel. Other regional road links exist with Franclens east of the Rhone and the Jura Col de Richemond with Hotonnes. The nearest links to the A40 motorway is located at a distance of about eight kilometers. The town had a station on the railway line Lyon -Genève.