Talloires

Talloires is a commune in the French department of Haute- Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region.

Geography

Talloires is located 447 m above sea level, about 10 km southeast of the town of Annecy (air line). The village is located on the eastern shore of Lake Annecy against the promontory of Duingt, at the western foot of belonging to the Bornes Alps limestone massif of the tour Cute.

The area of ​​20.69 km ² municipal area includes a section on the eastern shore of Lake Annecy. The lake shore is characterized by an alternation of steep and flat parts. The flat parts are on the advanced into the lake alluvial streams the village of Talloires and Angon. In contrast, in particular, the area around the limestone cliffs of the Roc de Chère ( 651 m) in part to vertically falling into the lake rocks. Today, the predominantly wooded promontory is designated as a nature reserve.

East of Talloires the slope rises steeply to the ground terrace of Vérel at ( 750 m ). This in turn is dominated by the craggy limestone cliffs of the Dents de Lanfon (1834 m), the Rochers du Varo ( 2053 m) and the mountain top of the Tour Nice, on with 2351 m the highest peak of Talloires is achieved. The partly wooded, partly traversed by bands of rock slopes are divided by several short erosion valleys.

At Talloires next to the village itself includes various hamlet settlements and farmsteads, including:

• Angon (450 m ) on an alluvial fan on the eastern shore of Lake Annecy
• Balmettes (450 m) on the eastern shore of Lake Annecy
• Echarvine (520 m) in the small valley east of the Roc de Chère
• Perroix (580 m) at the foot of the Dents de Lanfon
• Vérel (750 m) on a terrace high above the Lac d' Annecy
• Ponnay ( 800 m) on a ridge high above the Lac d' Annecy
• Rovagny (820 m) on a terrace high above the Lac d' Annecy

Neighboring communities of Talloires are Menthon -Saint -Bernard, Bluffy and Alex in the north, Thones and Les Clefs in the east, and Montmin Doussard in the south and Duingt and Saint- Jorioz in the West.

History

The territory of Talloires has been inhabited since the Neolithic period and during the Roman period. For the first time in the records of the town in the year 866, when King Lothar of Lorraine gave the area its outcast woman Theutberga and instructed them to establish their residence here appears. She sat down in Talloires and set the foundation for a small monastery. King Rudolf III. of Burgundy, leaving the area of Talloires 1016 the Benedictine Abbey of Savigny near Lyon. As a result, the monk of Savigny Germain founded at the location of the then dilapidated monastery a large church ( no longer exists ) and residential buildings for the monks. He became the first prior of the monastery later Talloires. The monastery developed during the Middle Ages into a major religious center of the region and acquired through donations of the Counts of Geneva and the Dukes of Savoy far-reaching land. It was in 1674 by Pope Clement X to the royal abbey. During the French Revolution, the abbey was abolished and partially destroyed.

Attractions

The parish church of Talloires was built in the 18th century. Parts of the old abbey buildings have survived, they were rebuilt after a fire in 1631 using earlier buildings ( capitals from the 11th century ) again. In ancient priory now the Cultural Center of the Tufts University of Boston is housed. At the height above Talloires the Ermitage Saint -Germain is a pilgrimage church, which was built in 1780. It stands on the site where St. Germain, first Prior of Talloires, was founded in the 11th century a hermitage. In the village of Talloires numerous houses in the typical Savoyard style of the 17th and 18th centuries have been preserved.

Population

With 1708 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Talloires one of the smaller towns in the Haute-Savoie region. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the population steadily increased due to high levels of emigration from (1861 were still in Talloires counted 1183 inhabitants). Since the early 1970s was due to the attractive residential location and close to Annecy has noted a significant increase in population. Outside the old town center and on the mountain slopes, numerous new single-family houses and villas were built.

Economy and infrastructure

Talloires was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the area, particularly in Annecy their work. Thanks to its beautiful lakeside location, its attractive old town center and the mild climate, Talloires has developed in recent decades become an important tourist resort. Also the day tourism plays a significant role.

The village region has a quite well developed. It lies on the main road D909a, which runs from Annecy along the eastern shore of Lac d' Annecy to Doussard. Further road links exist with Bluffy and over the Col de la Forclaz with Montmin. The nearest links to the A41 motorway is located at a distance of around 16 km.