Thoiry (Savoie)

Thoiry is a town in the French department of Savoie in the Rhone -Alpes.

Geography

Thoiry is located at 643 m above sea level. M., approximately 9 km east of the town of Chambery (air line). The farming village extends to the west of the department of Savoie, in the southern part of the massif of the Wallows: a scenic location on the eastern flank of the Leysse, at the foot of Mont Margériaz.

The area of ​​17.75 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the massif of the Wallows. The western boundary runs along the Leysse ( tributary of Lac du Bourget ), which here flows in a valley to the south. Below Thoiry takes them from the left to the Ruisseau de la Reysse, which also forms the southern boundary of the area with its notched valley. From the Leysse, the municipality's area extends eastward across the slope of Thoiry and on the adjacent ridge to the Pointe des Torchets ( 1469 m above sea level. M. ) and the Mont de la Croix ( 1614 m above sea level. M. ). In the north, the valley is a side summit of Mont Margériaz surmounted ( 1780 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Thoiry ), which drops steeply with a distinctive rock wall. To the east of the municipality of soil ranges in a narrow tip up to the Col des Prés (transition after Aillon -le- Jeune ) and the mountain range to the Mont de la Buffaz (1660 m above sea level. M. ) and the Pointe de la Galoppaz (1680 m above sea level. M. ).

At Thoiry next to the village itself includes various hamlet settlements and farmsteads (all on the eastern flank of the Leysse located ), including:

• Les Chavonettes (700 m above sea level. M. )
• Thorméroz (750 m above sea level. M. )
• La Fougère (740 m above sea level. M. )
• Les Chavonnes (960 m above sea level. M. )
• Le Sauget (1020 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern slopes of Mont Margériaz

Neighboring communities of Thoiry Les Deserts are in the north, Aillon -le- Jeune in the east, Puygros in the south and Saint -Jean- d'Arvey in the West.

History

In the 11th century Thoiry is first mentioned. The name goes back to the Gallo-Roman personal name Torius and means as much as with the people of Torius ( Toriacum ). Since the Middle Ages Thoiry belonged to the rule Arvey.

Attractions

The village church of Thoiry was built in the 19th century. A chapel stands in the hamlet of La Fougere.

Population

With 450 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Thoiry is one of the small communities of the department of Savoie. After the population declined sharply in the first half of the 20th century, a significant population increase has been recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Thoiry was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture, especially dairy farming and animal husbandry, embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the area, particularly in the area Chambery their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares in a department road that leads from Chambery on the Col des Prés after Aillon -le- Jeune. Another local road connection with Puygros. The nearest links to the A43 motorway is located at a distance of around 14 km.

Barby | Bassens | Curienne | Les Deserts | Puygros | Saint -Alban- Leysse | Saint -Jean- d'Arvey | Thoiry | Verel - Pragondran

• Municipality in the department of Savoie
• Place in Rhône -Alpes