Les Neyrolles
Les Neyrolles is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.
Geography
Les Neyrolles is located on 525 m above sea level. M., about three kilometers southeast of Nantua and 13 km south of the city Oyonnax (air line). The village is located in the Haut- Bugey, in the Jura, in the deep cluse de Nantua, a transverse valley by the Jura chain, the creek Doye (tributary of Lac de Nantua ).
The area of 9.50 km2 municipal area includes a portion of the southern French Jura. The central part of the area occupied by the oriented here in the southwest-northeast cluse de Nantua. It forms a transverse valley, stretching from Nantua to the catchment area of the Valserine by the chains of the high Jura. The valley floor is at Les Neyrolles approximately 500 m wide and rises towards the north- east to Lac de Sylans to. After a landslide occurred in the 16th century, this lake was dammed and has an underground stream. Its water comes into the Source de la Doye at Les Neyrolles light again.
Is flanked cluse de Nantua at Les Neyrolles on both sides of up to 500 m high steep slopes, which are crossed by striking rock walls. North of the Quertals hosts Mount Cornet and Mont Burdet, south of the heights of Les Monts d' Ain and Mont Pommier ( 1053 m above sea level. M. ). To the south, the municipality's area extends into the marshy valley of La Béroude and on the wooded knolls of the Forêt des Moussières, on with 1118 meters above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Les Neyrolles is achieved.
At Les Neyrolles include some farm groups on the Jura hills. Neighboring municipalities of Les Neyrolles are Charix in the north, Le Poizat and Le Grand- Abergement in the east, Le Petit- Abergement and Brénod in the south and in the west Nantua.
History
Is first mentioned Les Neyrolles in 1309 under the name De Neyrollis. Over time, the spelling on in Neyrolis (1350 ) and Les Neyroles (15th century) walked up to the present name, which is first documented in 1604. The place name comes from the Latin word nucariolum ( walnut grove ).
Since the Middle Ages Les Neyrolles was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy. The Treaty of Lyon reached the village in 1601 to France. The water power of Doye has been since the 18th century, used for the operation of mills, including a paper mill.
Attractions
The village church of Les Neyrolles was built in 1830 in neo-classical style. The village is characterized by the Viaduc de Nantua opened in 1988, a bridge to the A40 motorway, which crosses the valley west of the village at a height of about 90 m. At the rest stop Aire de repos de Sylans is the Musée de l' Autoroute A40, are shown in the history and construction of the highway.
Population
With 632 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Les Neyrolles one of the small communities of the department of Ain. Since the early 1970s, a substantial population increase was recorded.
Economy and infrastructure
Les Neyrolles has long been a predominantly coined by agriculture and forestry village, but also lived on the income from the market by the cluse de Nantua. Today, there are some establishments of local small and medium enterprises. This includes mineral water bottling from the Source de la Doye. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village region has a very well developed. It lies on the secondary road D1084, which runs from Bellegarde- sur -Valserine via Nantua to Pont- d'Ain. Further road links exist with Brénod and Le Grand- Abergement. The nearest links to the A40 motorway is located at a distance of about 3 km. Les Neyrolles had a station on the railway line from Bellegarde via Nantua to Bourg -en- Bresse. The route has been reactivated as a TGV line skin -Bugey again in 2010 ( without stopping in Les Neyrolles ).