Versonnex (Haute-Savoie)
Versonnex is a commune in the French department of Haute- Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Geography
Versonnex is located on 477 m above sea level. M., about 15 km west of the town of Annecy (air line). The farming village extends a scenic location on a gently sloping headland on the south between the valley of Fier in the southwest and that of Morge in the east, east of the Montagne du Gros Foug, in Albanais.
The area of 4.18 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western Genevois. The main settlement area of the broad ridge of Versonnex, which gradually descends to the west and south to the plane at Fier serves. With 563 m above sea level. M. is north of the village reached the highest elevation of Versonnex. The eastern boundary runs along the Morge, which here flows in a valley cut into the environment to Fier.
To Versonnex next to the village itself includes various hamlet settlements and farmsteads, including:
- Piracot (390 m above sea level. M. ) slightly above the valley floor of the Fier
- Mont Pelly (500 m above sea level. M. ) at the level then north to the village
Neighboring communities of Versonnex are Menthonnex -sous -Clermont in the north, Thusy and Saint- Eusèbe in the east, Vallières and Val -de- Fier in the south and Crempigny - Bonneguête in the West.
History
Versonnex is first mentioned in the 15th century. The place was as a fief to the barons of Sion and Crête.
Attractions
The village of Saint-Pierre church was erected in 1852 on the site of an earlier church. From the castle Crête from the 16th century ruins are still preserved. The former Château de Serraval 1954 was being converted to a farm. As other attractions, the Château de Couey and a mill on the Morge apply.
Population
With 567 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Versonnex 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 Versonnex were still counted 442 inhabitants). Since the mid- 1970s, however, a significant increase in population was recorded again.
Economy and infrastructure
Versonnex is a predominantly coined by farming village today. There are also some plants of the local small business sector. Some of the working population 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, but is easily accessible from the secondary road D910 which leads from Rumilly after Frangy. The nearest links to the A41 motorway is located at a distance of around 16 km.
Bloye | Boussy | Crempigny - Bonneguête | Étercy | Hauteville- sur- Fier | Lornay | Marcellaz - Albanais | Marigny -Saint -Marcel | Massingy | Moye | Rumilly | Sales | Saint- Eusèbe | Thusy | Val -de- Fier | Vallières | Vaulx | Versonnex
- Commune in the department of Haute- Savoie
- Place in Rhône -Alpes