Hauteville-Lompnes Explained

Hauteville-Lompnes
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Hauteville-Lompnès (01).svg
Arrondissement:Belley
Canton:Plateau d'Hauteville
Commune:Plateau d'Hauteville
Insee:01185
Postal Code:01110
Coordinates:45.9817°N 5.6°W
Elevation M:810
Elevation Min M:455
Elevation Max M:1240
Area Km2:50.34
Population:3620
Population Date:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]

Hauteville-Lompnes (in French pronounced as /otvil lɔn/) is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Plateau d'Hauteville.[2]

History

The commune was formed in 1942 by the union of Hauteville and Lompnes. In 1964 it absorbed the neighbouring communes of Lacoux and Longecombe.

Sanatorium Félix Mangini

The Sanatorium Félix Mangini was established in 1899 bycFrédéric Dumarest.,[3] a former student of Carlo Forlanini.[4] It was dedicated to the care of tuberculosis patients.[5]

Geography

The river Albarine flows southwestward through the commune's northern part.

Features

Hauteville-Lompnes is famous for its deposits of marble which has been used in the construction of many monumental buildings, among them the Empire State Building in New York City and the Kōkyo Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

A notable feature is the castle d'Angeville, a family possession of the family of that name since 1657. A scion of that family was Henriette d'Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc, for whom a street in Hauteville is named; her brother, the count d'Angeville, lived in the castle in the mid-nineteenth century.[6]

Today the town is more oriented towards tourism, with cross country and downhill skiing in the winter and range of summertime activities, including walking, hiking and fishing.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Populations légales 2021. fr. Legal populations 2021. INSEE. December 2023.
  2. http://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/111-2018-166-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-special.pdf Arrêté préfectoral
  3. Web site: Guy. Louis Henri. Hommage au Docteur Frédéric Dumarest en 1956 - LGUYHAUTEVILLE01. lguyhauteville. Louis Guy. 22 November 2017. 20 April 2016.
  4. Dumarest, F. "In Memory of Carlo Forlanini." Journal de medecine de Lyon 31.727 (1950): 353-359.
  5. Web site: [Hauteville-Lompnes#Sanatorium_F.C3.A9lix_Mangini Bugey Historique]. bugey-historique. Bugey Historique. 22 November 2017.
  6. News: Domain. Guy. Hauteville-Lompnes : la rue centrale, un condensé de l'histoire de la station. 21 August 2010. Le Progrès. 29 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100731134243/http://www.leprogres.fr/fr/region/l-ain/ain/article/3556213/Hauteville-Lompnes-la-rue-centrale-un-condense-de-l-histoire-de-la-station.html. 31 July 2010.