Val-de-Fier

Val -de- Fier is a commune in the French department of Haute- Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region.

Geography

Val -de- Fier is located at 320 m above sea level. M., about 16 km west of the town of Annecy (air line). The municipality extends Albanais, wide Talniederung of Fier, east of the ridge of the Montagne du Gros Foug.

The area of 10.11 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western Genevois. The southern boundary runs along the Fier, the first flows through a broad valley from the southeast to the northwest and then turns to the west in order to break through in a striking Klus with impressive rock walls of the Jurassic ridge of the Montagne du Gros Foug. From the river, the municipality's area extends northward to the adjacent slopes and on the ridge of the Montagne des Princes (940 m above sea level. M. ). On the wooded crest of the Montagne du Gros Foug is 990 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Val -de- Fier.

Val -de- Fier consists of the districts Sion (320 m above sea level. M. ) on the northern edge of the valley of Fier and Saint -André (302 m above sea level. M. ) on the upper ( eastern ) entrance to the gorge of the Val du Fier. Neighboring municipalities of Val -de- Fier are Droisy and Crempigny - Bonneguête in the north, and Versonnex Vallières in the east, the south and Lornay Motz and Seyssel in the West.

History

The municipality of Val -de- Fier has been inhabited since the Neolithic period and during the Roman period, which could be proven from various finds. Today's municipality of Val -de- Fier was established in 1974, when the previously independent municipalities Sion and Saint -André -Val -de- Fier merged.

Attractions

In Zion the church of Saint -Romain is from the 19th century. Of the Romanesque church of Sainte -Madeleine in Chavannes, who once served as a parish church, ruins of which are only available. Also ruins remain of the church Saint -André. In the area of Val -de- Fier there are several places of residence, including the Château de Sion.

Population

With 592 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Val -de- Fier is one of the small 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 646 residents counted in Val -de- Fier ). Since the mid- 1970s, however, a significant increase in population was recorded again.

Economy and infrastructure

Val -de- Fier is a predominantly coined by farming village today. There are also some plants of the local small business sector. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the area as well as in space Annecy their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Annecy to Seyssel. Further road links exist with Lornay, Clermont and Versonnex. The nearest links to the A41 motorway is located at a distance of around 15 km.

Commune in the department of Haute- Savoie
Place in Rhône -Alpes

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Annecy Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Fier (river) Droisy (Haute-Savoie) Romanesque art A41 autoroute Boussy, Haute-Savoie Rumilly (Haute-Savoie)

797468