Brégnier-cord

Geography

Brégnier-cord is in Ain, to 20 km in the south of Belley and in the Canton of Lhuis. Brégnier-cord is with the junction of the three departments: Ain, Savoy and Isere. Its territory is bordered by the Rhone and the Nipple.

The commune gathers several hamlets, whose principal ones are Brégnier, the Heather, Glandieu and Cordon.

The church and the town hall are located at Brégnier.

Glandieu is divided into two by the Nipple and its cascade. The Northern part of the hamlet belongs to the commune of Saint-Beno4it cheese, while the Southern part depends on Brégnier-Cord.

Economy

Brégnier-cord was a center of sawmill of the marble. A factory remained in activity with the foot of the cascade of Glandieu until the years 1970.

The hydro-electric factory built on a diversion canal of the Rhone in 1981 generates professional taxes but very little employment.

Local agriculture is dominated by the culture of corn and the tobacco.

The trade are very few: two bars, a butchery (another closed with the beginning of the year 1990), a bakery (installed in the old station of the Heather), a grocer, and a hairdressing salon.

Artisanal zone still under development

- electric wiring

- Démoustiquation

- Signalitique on wood panel.

- domestic fuel

Except Artisanal Zone:

- Exploitation of gravel pit of the Rhone.

- Confectionery

- BTP cleansing

- Marble-mason's yard

- Swimming pool Realization, tennis.

- Tractor, Farm equipment.

History

" One of oldest the mandements of Bugey is that of Cord which formerly belonged to the seigniory of Bugey at the time than the Henry Emperor in the year 1137 made of it nomination with Amé II of the name, Count de Maurienne. The first alienation which was done some was by the prerogative of Louys de Savoye II of the name Baron de Vaud to which one yawned the mandements of Cord and Pierre Chastel with Valromey. But Jean de Savoye also Lord of Vaud, Bugey and Valromey, mary of Marguerite de Chalon, left the Seigniories, castles and mandements of Cord of Pierre Chastel and Virieu the Large one with his known as wife for his rights which grounds it gave near the Count Verd in the year 1366. By this average Cord and its mandement would turn over to the capacity of the Counts de Savoye, of whom those of the House of Cord in Bugey, nice very old men had of it infeodation in all justice, high average and low. But all this beautiful ground having been confiscated by Heart VII Duke of Savoye on Aynard de Cordon, Knight and Lord of the known as place. Thus the House of Cord was a long time private whole justice of this mandement having been able to recover only that of some particular or dependant grounds of which there was new infeodation. Finally Claude of Escuyer Cord, Adviser and Master of Hotel of Charles Duc of Savoye, had of this Prince for recognition of his services high justice average and low, so much with the castle of Cord than in any sound mandement (Title with the castle of Evieu) Consequently of what by letters dated in Chambéry on July 6th, 1508, the Prince allowed him to make draw up forks patibulaires with three pillars for the exercise of the aforesaid justice. Since this time there, those of the House of Cord which are the lords of Evieu and Pluvy, always enjoyed of the aforesaid the Seigniory of Cord of father with fils"

Weapons: quartered money and of Mouths. Cimier: cut money Lyon and mouths. Support: two let us lyons of mesme.

Currency: OMNIA SPONTE.

This House is good mark and must hold row among oldest and most famous of Bugey and Savoye. Josselin de Cordon, Chevalier, who lived in the year 1200 is probably the stock, at least one, could anything up to now meet above him. It had three children:

1. Guy de Cordon Knight, Lord of Cord which follows. 2. Josselin de Cordon Knight. This one, in an1233 in consideration of Guillaume de Cordon his brother, gave to the chapter of Belley its passage to the bridge of Cord on the Rhone. He was the father of Josselinet de Cordon Damoiseau alive in the year 1280 which had three children to know Emydon de Cordon Prior of Chamous in 1287, Berlione and Léonarde alive de Cordon in an1292. 3.Guillaume of Cord Prior of Belley.

Extract of Guychenon

the knight Bayard

According to an old genealogy of the house of Cord (Guychenon) Guillaume de Cordon, lord of Cord and Evieu, and his wife Marie de Miribel gave rise to Marie de Cordon who married François Alleman lord of Laval from which Helene Alleman left Laval mother of famous the Chevalier Bayard.

the Cord and the Order of Malta

Several members of this family were knights of Jean Saint of Jerusalem and the armorial bearings of the Cord appear in the cathedral of Valette in Malta. The two most famous representatives of this family in the Order of Malta are:

Jacques I of Cord of Evieu (1568 - 1646) Wire of Philibert de Cordon and Anne de Maubec. Knight of Jean Saint of Jerusalem, Mareschal about Malta. He was used since 1586 for Malta and in Raising. Commander of Modieu about 1608 and Compesières in 1617. It was responsible for the reorganization and the rebirth for Commanderie de Compesières after the reintroduction for Catholicism in the Genevese and in Savoy. Very committed and pious knight, it was one of most eminent Commandeur of Compesières.

Jacques II of Cord - Wire of Marc de Cordon and Marguerite de Grolée. Knight of Saint Jean of Jerusalem, Commander of Genevese, ambassador about Malta near His Holiness.

Bregnier-Cord, starting point of a novel of Stendhal

In 1826, Antoine Berthet, young seminarist ambitious is engaged by the count of Cordon to the castle of the Bar with Bregnier-Cord. He had been before tutor of the children of the mayor of Brangues, Mr Michoud of the Tower and had become the lover of the mother of his pupils. A few months after its arrival with Bregnier-Cord it is congédié.

Persuaded owe its disgrace with Mrs Michoud, it goes to Brangues where, in the church, during an office, it shoots at its former mistress. Its lawsuit proceeds in Grenoble in December 1827. He is condemned to died and carried out in February 1828. This business had made great noise at the time. It had been told that it had allured Miss Henriette de Cordon and that it was the reason of its reference per Mister de Cordon.

Stendhal was an assiduous reader of the Gazette of the Courts which had lengthily reported this business and one thinks that it took as a starting point Antoine Berthet, by the count de Cordon and his Henriette daughter to create the characters of Julien Sorel, of the marquis of the Mole and his daughter Mathilde, the heroes of his most famous novel, the Red and the Black.

Monument

Castle of the Bar

Curiosities

old a Chocolaterie shelters the House of Isles of the Rhone, collective lodging (rural Tourisme), in edge of the Rhone.

Proximity of the village of Izieu and its museum memorial.

Proximity of the village of Walls and Géligneux and its nautical base.

Stopping and hydro-electric factory on the Rhone, water level, camp-site, tennis, minigolf, ground of foot, sets of balls, véloroute.

bars, restaurants, trade

Station, nursery school, elementary school, halt nursery, CLSH, doctor's office

All these elements make a gravitational commune of it.

Artisanal zone still under development.

Personalities:

Jean Herdsman (Mayor before Mr. Mériaudeau) founder of Ets Herdsman Robert Mériaudeau (Mayor for a long time!) Brice Favier (Lieutenant of the Firemen of Bregnier)

Administration

Town hall - School complex - Station - Help center - Offices of the Community of communes the Rhone and Gland

Demography

See too

List of the Common of Ain
INSEE

External bonds

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