Anglefort
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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::summary Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Anglefort |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Ecluse.PNG |
| caption | Chautagne lock on the Rhone |
| arrondissement | Belley |
| canton | Plateau d'Hauteville |
| INSEE | 01010 |
| postal code | 01350 |
| mayor | Bernard Thiboud |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | Usses et Rhône |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 251 |
| elevation min m | 238 |
| elevation max m | 1524 |
| area km2 | 29.26 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| :: |
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Anglefort () is a commune in the department of Ain in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
Geography
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Anglefort is a commune in Bugey on the right bank of the Rhone at the foot of the mountain of Grand Colombier which has a panorama of the Alps and the Jura mountains.
The commune is located 25 km south of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 30 km north by north-west of Aix-les-Bains. Access to the commune is by road D992 from Seyssel in the north passing through the length of the commune and the village to Culoz in the south. There is also access on road D120 which is a highly circuitous route from Lochieu in the west continuing to the village as the D120A and continuing south through the Col du Grand Colombier (1,501m) to Culoz. A railway line passes through the commune from north to south with a station to the east of the village.
The Rhône river runs south along the eastern border of the commune and Le Verdet stream flows from the north to the south of the commune into the Rhone.
Environment
The alluvial aquifer fed by the Rhone is threatened by an internal discharge created by the Pechiney Group. Foundry waste, metal dust, and recovered acid from filters have been buried in the Chautagnard marsh with a probable contamination by heavy metals and arsenic.
| title = Neighbouring communes and villages |width=auto |Centre = Anglefort |North = Corbonod |Northeast = Seyssel |East = Motz |Southeast = Serrieres-en-Chautagne |South = Culoz |Southwest = Chavornay |West = Lochieu |Northwest = Songieu
History
The Priory of Anglefort was located on the communal territory in the Middle Ages. In 1590 Guillaume Drujon was a priest and he became abbot in 1620.
Administration
List of mayors of Anglefort
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| From | To | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2001 | Michel Thiboud | |
| 2001 | 2008 | René Perrier | |
| 2008 | Present | Bernard Thiboud | DVD |
| :: |
Population
|source = INSEE |percentages = pagr |align = none |1968 |528 |1975 |697 |1982 |714 |1990 |687 |1999 |769 |2007 |918 |2012 |1069 |2017 |1115
Economy
The Électricité de France (EDF) Dam is on the Rhone river in the territory of the commune and there is a factory producing silicon. Formerly the property of the Pechiney Electro-metallurgy group, the factory has passed successively into the hands of Alcan (Canada), and the Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto at the whim of successive buy-backs of this former French industrial flagship.
Sights
- Two sites are registered as historical monuments in the commune:
- The old Chateau of Anglefort (18th century) formerly the seat of the Lordship of Anglefort and rebuilt in 1741.
- The Chateau of Mieugy Park
- The remains of the Chateau de la Rochette which dominates the Rhone was the seat of the Lordship of Rochette, mentioned in 1407.
Personalities
- Monseigneur Jacques-François Besson, born in Mieugy, Bishop of Metz from 1824 to 1842
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anglefort,+France/@45.8998349,5.820316,12124m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x478b7075ebf08c23:0x408ab2ae4c21820?hl=en Google Maps]
- [http://www.robindesbois.org/dossiers/pechiney1003.pdf Note by the Robin Hood NGO called ''The casseroles of Pechiney''] {{Webarchive. link. (6 September 2015 , dated 6 October 2003 {{in lang). fr
- Jean Létanche, ''The old Castles, Fortified houses, and feudal ruins in the canton of Yenne and Savoy'', The History Book of Lorisse, 1907 ({{ISBN. 9782843738135) p. 18. {{in lang. fr
- link. (3 September 2014 {{in lang). fr
- link. (26 July 2022 , INSEE)
- Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. PA00116292. PA00116292 Chateau {{in lang. fr
- Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA01000327. IA01000327 Chateau of Mieugy Park {{in lang. fr
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