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Saint Pierre d'Entremont, Savoie

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Savoie

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
372 (1999)

Region
  
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Canton
  
Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin

Area
  
18.36 km²

Arrondissement
  
Chambéry

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Intercommunality
  
Communauté de communes Cœur de Chartreuse

Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Map of 73670 Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont, France

Geography

Located on the banks of the Guiers Vif, Saint-Pierre d'Entremont in Savoie is a mountain township. His peaks are over 1,800 meters above sea level. His village grows in bottom of the valley (650 meters) and at the top is neighboring with the other located in Isère.

Neighboring townships

Neighboring communes of Saint-Pierre d'Entremont in Savoie are Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont in Isère, Corbel, Entremont-le-Vieux, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Chapareillan.

Toponymy

"Savoyard" part of Saint-Pierre d'Entremont, the town takes its name from the high count of Savoie's castle.

History

In the 19th century, we present the village as poor and isolated, but in the late 19th century, there was a considerable growth of the industry (including gloves industry). In the 20th century, the tourism of the town is at its peak.

A new castle was built by the Entremonts valley district at the south of the Guiers.

Personalities

  • Florentine Baffert (1886- 1944), native teacher (1903-1926) to Montevideo (Uruguay) and Santa Rosa (Argentina) and Villa Brea (Italy, 1921), Superior of the Brothers of the Holy Family (1933) .
  • Philippe Bron : Winner of the bumps Grading at the World Cup freestyle skiing in 1984 and 1985, and then Edgar Grospironc's coach especially during his gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 1992 in Albertville. That was the Olympic Games where this kind of sport was officially regarded as an Olympic discipline (excluding demos) Olympics. The "Bronco" is a figure of bump skiing invented by Philippe Bron. It is rotation of 360 ° with a standard when the skier is back to the slope. The name "Bronco" is composed of the name of its creator "Bron" and "co", contraction of helico (or helicopter), another name given to 360 ° in bump skiing.
  • Media

  • The local radio station "Radio Couleur Chartreuse" is broadcast on 98.4 MHz or 106 MHz.
  • Sports

  • The Tour de France passed through Saint-Pierre d'Entremont by the D912.
  • Sights

  • Chateau de Montbel (Montbel Castle) : Former castle of the tenth century, ancestral castle of the Montbel d'Entremont lords and headquarters of the lordship d'Entremont, now in ruins.
  • Notre Dame room, dedicated to cinema and performing arts was built by the parishioners of the village in 1938; fully equipped since 2008 (150 seats), it hosts a share of film screenings (Saturday evening) through the partnership established in 1991 with Cinébus, traveling cinema of Savoie countries rated "Art & test" and other theatrical seasons (a professional show every 2 months) organized by the AADEC, the animation association of the Entremonts valley from 2002-2003.
  • The church of Saint-Alexis dates from the nineteenth century.
  • The former chapel of the Ten Thousand Martyrs: facade dates from the Middle Ages and is a listed historical monument since April 1928.
  • Tour d'Inferney (Inferney Tower): this building, dating from the late fifteenth century, is the corner tower of an ancient fortified house that has today disappeared and probably occupied a strategic position on the edge of Guiers locking the passage between Savoie and Dauphiné.
  • The township also includes The Cross of the Thousand Martyrs and Neolithic remains.
  • References

    Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont, Savoie Wikipedia