Saint-Jeoire
Saint- Jeoire is a commune in the French department of Haute- Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region. To avoid confusion with Saint- Jeoire - Prieuré, the name Saint- Jeoire -en- Faucigny is often used, but this is no longer officially since 1860. Saint- Jeoire is the capital of the canton of Saint- Jeoire in the arrondissement of Bonneville.
Geography
Saint- Jeoire is located at 580 m above sea level. M., approximately 25 km east-southeast of the city of Geneva (air line). The village extends Faucigny, in a wide valley in the Vallée du cracks, between the peaks of Môle in the south and the Pointe des Brasses in the north, in the Savoy Alps.
The area of 22.75 km ² municipal area comprises a section of the Vallée du cracks. Main settlement area is the valley of Saint- Jeoire, which opens west to the valley of the Foron. In the eastern part of this basin is crossed from north to south from the cracks, a tributary of the Giffre in the catchment area of the Arve. Towards the south, the municipality's area covers over a densely wooded hillside to the summit of the Môle on which with 1863 meters above sea level. M. the highest point of Saint- Jeoire is achieved. To the north of the municipality of soil ranges in the Massif des Brasses (. Onto the Pointe des Brasses 1503 m asl ) and in the Gorges du cracks below Onnion. The eastern boundary is the Montagne de l' Herbette.
At Saint- Jeoire addition to the actual center includes several villages and hamlets settlements, including:
- Pouilly ( 638 m above sea level. M. ) on the ascent to Onnion
- Montrenaz (580 m above sea level. M. ) at the northern foot of the Môle
- Cormand (580 m above sea level. M. ) on Nordostfuß of Môle
- Le Pont du cracks ( 520 m above sea level. M. ) to the bridge over the cracks
- Aveyran ( 825 m above sea level. M. ) southwest then to Onnion
- Jourdillets ( 800 m above sea level. M. ) southwest then to Onnion
Neighboring municipalities of Saint- Jeoire are Bogève and Onnion in the north, Mieussy in the east, Marignier, Ayse and Saint -Jean -de- Tholome in the south and La Tour and Viuz -en- Sallaz in the West.
History
Various finds ( including a stone and a bronze ax ) indicate a settlement of the area of Saint- Jeoire in proto -historic times, in the Neolithic period and during the Roman period. A noble family of Saint- Jeoire appears for the first time in 1185 in the documents. In the Middle Ages Saint- Jeoire belonged to the field of rule Faucigny. As part of the Dauphiné reached the place in 1349 to France, but was delivered in a country Abtausch to the Counts of Savoy under the Treaty of Paris in 1355. After informed Saint- Jeoire the fate of Savoy. In 1565, Saint- Jeoire received certain freedoms, including the right to hold markets. In the war between Geneva and Savoy, the town and the castles were taken in the area affected.
Attractions
The church Saint -Georges is originally from the 11th century. It was rebuilt in the 19th century in the Gothic Revival style. From the old church of the Romanesque tower is still preserved. Also worth seeing are the chapels of Notre Dame du Bon Secours are ( from the 17th century) and Notre Dame de Bon Refuge. Of the secular buildings, Beauregard Castle are (originally from the 12th century ), remains of the manor house Turchon and the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall), a former manor house from 1735 to mention.
Population
With 3211 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Saint- Jeoire belongs to the medium-sized towns in the Haute-Savoie region. Especially since the early 1980s, a substantial population increase was recorded. Outside of the old village created numerous family house districts.
Economy and infrastructure
Saint- Jeoire has long been a predominantly coined by farming village. Today there are various businesses of the local small and medium industry, construction and trade companies. Many working population commuters who engage in the larger towns in the area, especially in Cluses, but also in the Geneva - Annemasse, their work. In recent decades, the slopes on the Massif des Brasses were (mostly on the floor of Saint- Jeoire ) accessible by cable cars and ski lifts.
The village region has a quite well developed. It lies on the road D 907, which leads from Annemasse after Taninges. Further road links exist with Cluses and Thonon -les- Bains.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Félix Meynet ( born 1961 ), cartoonist