MontrÃ©al-la-Cluse

Montréal- la- Cluse is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.

Geography

Montréal- la- Cluse is located at 500 m above sea level. M., about ten kilometers southwest of the city Oyonnax (air line). The village is located in the northern Bugey, in the plain northwest of Lac de Nantua in the Jura, at the called the gateway to the Juraquertal cluse de Nantua.

The area of 12.83 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the southern French Jura. The western part is in the plane of Brion, which has here a width of almost 2 km and forms a syncline the Jura folds. Previously, the level was a large swamp area that was drained after the artificial lowering of the lake level of Lake Nantua in 1856 and converted into cultivated land. The southern boundary runs along the outflow channel Bras du Lac, which supplies the water to the Oignin. The Ange from the Oyonnax Valley flows through the plain and flows Brion in the Oignin.

It is bordered to the west by the valley ridge in Montréal. To the east, the municipality's area extends into the densely wooded area of the high Jura. Here are the Plateau de Don (760 m above sea level. M. ), which steeply to the Lac de Nantua drops with a rock edge, the deeply incised erosion valley of the village of Le Bach LANDERON and the eastward slowly rising plateau of the Forêt de Montréal. In this forest area is 960 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Montréal- la- Cluse.

The municipality of Montréal- la- Cluse consists of several villages and hamlets, namely:

Montréal ( 500 m above sea level. M. ) slightly increased on the western edge of the valley of the In
La cluse ( 478 m above sea level. M. ) at an important crossroads on the northwest shore of the Lac de Nantua
La Croix -Chalon (476 m above sea level. M. ) in the plane of the called
Le LANDERON ( 485 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern edge of the valley of the Ange
Le Grand Pont (490 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of the Ange

Neighboring communities of Montréal- la- Cluse are Izernore and Martignat in the north, Apremont in the east, Nantua and port in the south and Brion and Béard - Géovreissiat in the West.

History

The earliest settlement to the present municipality was Sénoche and was located in the east of the Talniederung In the current Montréal. When the Lords of Thoire -Villars had built from 1244 to 1248 on a rocky spur their castle, which they called Mons Regalis, the residents of Sénoche gave their settlement on, settled down at the foot of the castle hill, and thus founded the village of Montréal. 1287 the village was awarded certain liberties. Under Humbert VII of Thoire -Villars castle and village in 1402 were sold to the Counts of Savoy, who were authorized from now on, use the Kastlan of Montréal. The development La cluse developed at the site of the former infirmary building of Montreal.

The Treaty of Lyon Montreal arrived in 1601 to France. Under King Henry IV castle Montréal in 1602 demolished. At the instigation of Louis XIII. the castle in 1622 but was rebuilt and garrison. But already in 1635 was followed by the re demolition. In the 17th century, the domination Montréal passed to the Douglas family, who resided here until the French Revolution.

In 1979, Montreal was officially renamed Montréal- la- Cluse as La cluse had become significantly larger at the crossroads at the entrance to the cluse de Nantua now as the village Montréal.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint- Maurice in Montreal was built in the 13th and 14th century in the Gothic style; the ship, however, was largely rebuilt in the 17th century. On a promontory above Montréal ruins of the castle are visible. Also on Mont Bey are ruins of a former manor house. Among the natural attractions include the Lac de Nantua, which embedded in a basin lies between steep, crossed by bands of rock slopes. On the lake shore at La cluse there is a beautiful park.

Population

With 3422 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Montréal- la- Cluse belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the department of Ain. Since the early 1960s, a striking increase in population was noted, associated with a doubling of the population. The settlements La cluse and Montreal are almost grown together today.

Economy and infrastructure

Montréal- la- Cluse until the 20th century, a predominantly coined by agriculture and forestry village. During the 20th century, La cluse developed into an industrial site. At the traffic- convenient location in the valley west of La cluse since the 1970s created larger commercial and industrial zones. Here, the metallurgic sector, the plastics industry, furniture manufacturing and precision engineering industries settled.

The village region has a very well developed. It is located at the intersection of department streets that lead from Nantua to Bourg -en- Bresse and Oyonnax to Pont- d'Ain. The nearest links to the motorway A 404 ( Saint -Martin- du- Frêne - Oyonnax ), which crosses the municipality, is located at a distance of approximately two kilometers. In other La cluse lies on the railway line Bourg -en- Bresse Bellegarde, with links to Bourg -en- Bresse and Morez.

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