Saint-Jean-d'Aulps
Saint -Jean- d'Aulps, until 1961 officially named Saint -Jean- d'Aulph, is a village in Haute - Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Geography
Saint -Jean- d'Aulps is located at 815 m above sea level. Level, 20 km southeast of the town of Thonon -les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located in the central Chablais, in a valley widening of the Vallée d' Aulps both sides of the Dranse de Morzine, at the western foot of the Roc de Tavaneuse in the northern Savoy Alps.
The area of 40.19 km ² municipal area includes a section of the Vallée d' Aulps. The Dranse de Morzine, which here extends from south-southeast to the north- north-west, forms a valley widening, opening into the short from both sides of mountain streams. In the north, the limit is in the region of the constriction of the Défilé the Tines. To the east of the municipality floor extends to the heights of Pointe de Cercle (1808 m above sea level. M. ), Pic de la Corne ( 2084 m above sea level. M. ), Roc de Tavaneuse ( 2156 m above sea level. M. ) and to the Pointe d' Entre deux Pertuis, ( 2180 m above sea level. M. ). In the southwest of the community area includes the catchment area of the Ruisseau du Jourdil and reaches to the Roc d' Enfer, on with 2244 meters above sea level. M. the highest point of Saint -Jean- d'Aulps is achieved. Above the densely forested slopes are larger pastures.
Community structure
At Saint -Jean- d'Aulps addition to the actual village center includes several hamlets settlements, namely:
- Bas Thex (802 m above sea level. M. ) near the Défilé of Tines
- L' Abbaye (810 m above sea level. M. ) on the valley floor to the right of Dranse de Morzine
- Mont d' Evian (1000 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern side of the valley above the village
- Essert la Pierre ( 940 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern flank of the Dranse de Morzine
- Les Champs (930 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern flank of the Dranse de Morzine
- Le Jourdil (840 m above sea level. M. ) at the entrance to the valley of the Ruisseau du Jourdil
- La Moussière ( 943 m above sea level. M. ), sports station in the valley of the Ruisseau du Jourdil
- Graydon (1350 m above sea level. M. ), an Alpine hamlet in a hollow north-east of the Roc d' Enfer
Neighboring municipalities of Saint -Jean- d'Aulps are Le Biot in the north, Abondance in the east, Montriond, Essert -Romand and La Côte- d'Arbroz in the south and Bellevaux and Seytroux in the West.
History
The village, whose Latin name Sanctus locust Alpibus was, was founded in 1095 by the Benedictine and later Cistercian Abbey of Notre -Dame- d'Aulps. In the 12th century the abbey became an important pilgrimage destination and passed through numerous donations to a large estate in the Haut- Chablais. Towards the end of the 15th century began a gradual decline, and in 1793 left the last monks the abbey. When the Church of Moussière 1823 one was destroyed by fire, rock material was used from the Abbey Church, which increasingly fell apart in the sequence to the ruins for reconstruction.
Until 1961 the church was called Saint -Jean- d'Aulph, since it takes its name officially.
Attractions
The present village church was built in the first half of the 19th century in the Gothic Revival style. From the old abbey church and cloister, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, the ruins are preserved. The remains of the 1902 classified as a Monument Historique building have been restored. Also worth seeing chapels are located in Bas Thex, on the Alp at Graydon ( Chapelle de l' Immaculée - Conception, built in 1859 ) and in Essert la Pierre ( Notre Dame de Compassion, founded in 1534 and rebuilt in 1832 ). In the center characteristic old houses are preserved. Also the hamlet Essert la Pierre has a typical image with traditional houses.
Population
With 1210 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Saint -Jean- d'Aulps one of the smaller towns in the Haute-Savoie region. After the population had decreased markedly during the 20th century (1921 counted Saint -Jean- d'Aulps in 1999 inhabitants), a population increase was recorded since the mid-1970s again. Outside the old town center created numerous houses.
Economy and infrastructure
Saint -Jean- d'Aulps was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Meanwhile, the village has developed into a summer and winter sport resort with numerous tourist facilities. The slopes above La Moussière and in the Alpine hamlet Graydon are accessible by cable cars and ski lifts.
The village lies on the main road that leads from Thonon -les- Bains through the Vallée d' Aulps to Morzine.