Borough-Saint-Maurice

Borough-Saint-Maurice is a common French, located in the department of the Savoy and the area the Rhone-Alps.
Its inhabitants are called Borains

Geography

The city is located at 840 m of altitude, at the edge of the Isere.
Its Winter sports resort, the Arcs, offers a skiable field culminating to 3226 meters (Red Needle). The station and the many accessible tops in ski offer incomparable panoramas on the valley of the Tarentaise and the Mont Blanc.

History

The town of Borough-Saint-Maurice is held on the site of the antique Bergintrum (or Bergentrum), the Gallo-Roman time. The city was located on the Roman way carrying out of Turin to Lyon, passing by the Col of the Small Saint-Bernard, at the edge of a small brook, Bergintra (today: the Charbonnet).

At the end of the Roman epoch, the city takes the name of Saint Maurice, whose worship was massively spread in the Alps following its martyrdom, to become Ecclesia Sancti Mauricii; the " term; Bourg" appearing only at the 15th century. After one revolutionary short period, the city takes its final name at the 19th century.

During the French revolution, the French revolutionists passed the border between the Savoy and France. They re-elected the city Nargue-Sardinian in 1794, which kept this name until the end of the first annexation in 1815 (see Histoire of Savoy).

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the Vault Saint-Grat on the village of Vulmix, built at the beginning of the 15th century. The interior is decorated with Fresque S mural telling how Saint Grat went to seek in Palestine the head of Saint Jean-Baptiste.

the basin of slalom of Canoe-kayak on the Isere is one of most prestigious and most difficult of the world. It very regularly accommodates the championships of France (into 2004,2005,2006,2007 in particular) and has several times been used as reference mark for the Championships of the World (1969, 1987,2002).

Economy

The city is the economic capital of high the Vallée of Tarentaise.

agro-alimentary Activities (milch cows and cheeses) and industry of wood.
Terminus of the railway line connecting by TGV the stations of Winter sports of high the Tarentaise (Valley-in Isere, Tignes, the Arcs, Plagne, Rosière), with the large European capitals (London, Brussels, Paris), and last city before the Collar of the Small-Saint-Bernard.
Barracks of 7° BCA (Alpine hunters).
Public services: gendarmerie, hospital, etc…

Events

Edelweiss celebrates every year in July. This celebration gathers folk groups of the whole world.

Personalities related to the commune

Herve Gaymard

See too

Station the Common Arcs
Valley of Tarentaise
of Savoy

External bonds

Site of the commune
Site of the tourist bureau
Borough-Saint-Maurice on the site of the national geographical Institute
Borough-Saint-Maurice on the site of INSEE
Borough-Saint-Maurice on the site of Quid
Localization of Borough-Saint-Maurice on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Borough-Saint-Maurice on Mapquest

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