Grésy-on-Aix

Grésy-on-Aix is a common French, located in the department of the Savoy and the area the Rhone-Alps. The inhabitants are the Grésyliennes and the Grésyliens .

Geography

Situation

The commune of Grésy-on-Aix is located at 4km in the North-East of the town of Aix-the-Baths, on Sierroz (Torrent), coming from the Mont Revard, in the historical province of the Savoy Propre.

Benchmark

Communes bordering

North in the South, West in the East:

Nature of the landscapes

Transportation routes

By roads

  • D910
  • N201
  • Left 14 the A43

Public transport

  • Drunk Company of Agglomeration of Aix-the-Baths (ST2A)

Airport and heliport

Village, Hamlet

North in the South, 28 hamlets of which
  • Antoger
  • Hautins
  • Chevret

History

The Edict of September 3rd, 1749 attaches Grésy-in-Genevese (province of the Genevois) to the province of the Savoy Propre. January 3rd, 1793, the commune takes the name of Grésy-on-Aix.

Etymology

Domain name of Gallo-Roman origin ( Gratius )

Culture and Inheritance

Architectural heritage

Medieval period

  • Turn of XIIe, on old a Oppidum, vestige of the castle of the family of Grésy (originating in the Faucigny).
  • Castle of Loach (XVe, private). The castle is set up in county in 1683. The family of Loach always carries the title.
  • Castle of Fontany
  • Castle of Mouxy (XVe-XVIIIe)
  • Castle of Varax
  • House of XVIe

Contemporary period

Religious monuments

  • Church Saint-Pierre-with-Bonds, devoted in 1858

Environmental inheritance

  • Throats of Sierroz

Cultural heritage

Economy

Statistical data

Demography

Trade

Large companies

Sports and leisures

Infrastructures

Clubs and associations

  • Cantonal Association Youth

Demonstrations

  • Grésylienne, pedestrian race, in October
  • Fireworks in summer period

Administrative life

Administrative status

Early childhood

Teaching

  • Nursery school
  • Elementary school
  • College, inaugurated in 2006

Places of worship

Health

Lists of the former mayors

Administration on the spot

Twinning

Others

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Related articles

  • Common of Savoy

External bonds

  • Grésy-on-Aix on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Grésy-on-Aix on the site of INSEE
  • Grésy-on-Aix on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Grésy-on-Aix on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Grésy-on-Aix on Mapquest

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