Thézillieu
Thézillieu is a commune in the French department of Ain, in the Rhône -Alpes.
Geography
Thézillieu is located on 870 m above sea level. M., 20 km east-southeast of the city Ambérieu -en- Bugey (air line). The farming village extends in the central Bugey, a slight increase on the eastern edge of a broad trough of the high Jura, which belongs to the Plateau d' Hauteville, between two wooded ridges at the foot of the signal.
The area of 26.25 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the southern French Jura. The central part of a wide -oriented in north-south direction dump taken ( to an average of 820 m above sea level. M. ), which forms a syncline the Jura folds. To the north this trough splits into two 1 km wide sinks; between them rises the ridge of the Forêt de Rouge (1010 m above sea level. M. ). While the northern part of the basin of Thézillieu no surface drainage shows ( the rainwater seeps into the porous limestone bedrock ), the southern part is drained by the creek Arene to the Rhône. In the midst of the depression, there are two ponds, the Étangs you Genevray that serve the fish.
In the east the valley from the wooded ridge of the Forêt Domaniale de Gervais and the Forêt du Fays is flanked with. Upon the signal with 1123 m above sea M. the highest elevation reached by Thézillieu. The western boundary is a long-drawn comb with the Forêt Domaniale de Saint -Sulpice ( 1090 m above sea level. M. ) and the Forêt de Ravière.
To Thézillieu addition to the actual site includes various hamlets and farmhouses, namely ( from south to north ):
- Pontieu (770 m above sea level. M. ) in the Valley of Arene
- Le Genevray (830 m above sea level. M. ) east of the Étangs you Genevray
- Les Catagnolles (805 m above sea level. M. ) in the Valley of Thézillieu
- Sainte- Blaizine (850 m above sea level. M. ) in the trough north of the village
- Lavant (790 m above sea level. M. ) in the Valley at the eastern foot of the Forêt Domaniale de Saint -Sulpice
Neighboring communities of Thézillieu are Hauteville- Lompnes and Cormaranche -en- Bugey in the north, Sutrieu and Belmont- Luthézieu in the east, Virieu -le- Grand and Armix in the south and Prémillieu and Hostiaz in the West.
History
In 1149 the Cistercian monastery of Saint- Sulpice was transferred to the territory of today Thézillieu, which was called in Latin documents Theysiliacus. The monks cleared the area, made it under cultivation, and thus laid the foundations for the colonization of the depression and the emergence of the village Thézillieu. The abbots were always the secular lords over Thézillieu, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Savoy since the Middle Ages. The Treaty of Lyon reached the village in 1601 to France.
Attractions
The village church of Thézillieu was built in the 17th century and later remodeled several times. From the former monastery, which was looted and destroyed in 1793, ruins of the church and convent buildings are preserved.
Population
With 321 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Thézillieu one of the small communities of the department of Ain. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, a slight increase in population was recorded since the mid-1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Thézillieu was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture and forestry village. Even today, the inhabitants live mainly from the activity in the first sector. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Virieu -le- Grand to Haute Ville- Lompnes. Further road links exist with Prémillieu, Longecombe and over the Col de la live with Belmont- Luthézieu.