Megève , qualified “21e district of Paris” by Jean Cocteau, is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Savoie and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geography

Megève is located on a collar, which separates the basins slopes from the Arly (Val of Arly) in the south-west of that of the Arbon in the North-East. It is dominated by the heights of Christomet, of the Mount of Alpine laburnum - one of the most beautiful view-points on the Mont Blanc - and of Rochebrune.

Located in the canton of Sallanches in Haute-Savoie, its important tourist rise goes back to the Années 1910 when the family Rothschild decided to do of them one of her vacation resorts. It was a question for them of building a French competitor at the prestigious Swiss station of Saint-Moritz.

Megève was voted by plebiscite for its model of success architectural: a long time ski station of the great aristocracy, the city knew to reconcile elegantly built modern and safeguarding of the old inheritance.

History

Origin of the name

the name Megève , properly Médzève in Savoyard Arpitan (sometimes but more and more seldom, also called Francoprovençal), means in the medium (*medz < Latin medium ) of water (Eve < Latin acqua ), referring to its geographical position in the middle of the Arbon and of the Arly, or perhaps between the two torrents which form Arly, the brook of Glapet and the brook of Planay.

Legend of the Flying Viper

a legend transmitted orally by the families of Megève and still transmitted today allots the creation of Megève to Muffat and Grosset, which would have killed a flying viper which prevented that one lives in this place. This legend would also explain the name of the place known as Tirecorde. This oral legend was put at the writing the October 28th 1791 by Jean Baptiste Berthet in his Histoire of Mégêve and is spread out over two parts of its work in six parts.

Eau of Megève

the Saint-Michel source was exploited at the beginning of the Années 1900 and was sold like mineral water of table.

Tanneries

At the 19th century, to five artisanal tanneries existed on the commune. The last one closed its doors at the time of the First World War.

Panorama of Megève

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the strange way of the Martyrdom
  • Vaults of Hamlets of 15th and 18th century
  • Church Saint Jean Baptiste, of which the oldest parts go up at the 13th century with its door out of wooden of 1692, côtoie priory of the Benedictine founded at the 12th century.
  • Cross Saint-Michel, source of Saint-Michel and martyrdom built at the 19th century.
  • Hollow Midsummer's Day, cascades, oratorical dedicated to Saint-Jerome and a very old bridge.
  • Retained water of the lake of Javen, throats of Planay and cascades of Beautiful-with-wood.
  • Museum of the High Valley of Arly

Economy

Events

  • the Megève Polo Masters are a test of sports shirt played on snow and belonging to the international circuit. The 12th edition which took place from January 18th to 21st 2007 brought together six international teams (Suisse, Spain, the United States, England, Argentine and France).
  • the festival of the horse and the sledge has been organized for more than fifty years, at the end of July.

Personalities related to the commune

  • Edmond de Rothschild (1926-1997), wire of Noémie de Rothschild, which launched Megève in the years 1920. It contributed to the development of the Mount of Alpine laburnum.

  • Nadine de Rothschild, her wife, who directed the Chalet of the Mount of Alpine laburnum
  • Henry Jacques Same the, architect, author of many country cottages, hotels and 1925, boarding houses with 1985.
  • Georges Gimel, painter, author of important frescos and enamels of which the way of cross of the church, 1934 with 1962.
  • Georg Muffat, type-setter of sacred music of the 18th century, choirmaster to Salzburg.
  • Emile Went, ski champion of the first competitions in between two wars.
  • Philippe Bozon, born in 1966, champion of hockey, first Savoyard and French to evolve/move in NHL.
  • Family Duvillard, dynasty of ski champions of years 1960 at the years 2000: Adrien, Georges, Henri, then still Adrien.
  • Mathilde Maije Lefournier journalist living the castle of Montagnole, close to Chambéry, which, from 1909 to 1912, in company of his/her father, in love with Megève, managed to cause a dynamics within the municipal council for the development of the station: the financings had been developed, the projects well clearly elaborate; it is the release of the First World War which broke this dash. If it had been maintained, Megève would probably not have become “XXIe district of Paris”.

Activities

Skiable field

Megève (the Mount of Alpine laburnum, the Princess, Jaillet, Rochebrune, the coast 2000), Saint-Gervais-the-Baths, Combloux, Giettaz, Cord and Saint-Nicolas-of-Véroce form with them a whole a field of 162 tracks more beautiful the ones than the others: it is the field “Mont Blanc escape”.

  • Tracks: 29 green, 50 blue, 60 reds and 23 black.

  • 6 Telpher carrier S, 3 Cable car S, 23 Télésiège S and 51 Téléski S.

The field offers a great diversity in the ski of the easy tracks like famous “the Tangerine” or “beginners” who offer to all the new skiers of beautiful tracks to start to learn. But also of the black tracks like famous “the Rosay” or “the Black Princess” which offer to the high level skiers very beautiful impressions. The advantage height in altitude of the station east that the fir trees border the tracks and which many gangways through them are possible.

Sports

  • Accrobranche
  • Aviation:
    • High altitude airport of Megève
    • Aérocime
    • Aero club, flying school, qualification mountain
    • Mont Blanc Helicopters
    • Montgolfiers of Christonnet
  • Bowling (8 tracks + video games)
  • Canirando: hiking drawn by a pedigree dog malamute of Alaska
  • Riding schools of Coudrettes
  • Climbing in mountain
  • Golf: Green fairy of 18 holes.
  • Gymnasium, musculation, dance
  • Meg' Reception Service activities: fitness, stretching, yoga, aquagym.
  • Parapente (4 organizations)
  • Course of health of the dimension 2000
  • Sport hall
    • Olympic Swimming pool, nautical toboggan of 70 m, Swimming pool 25 X 12,5 m, basin child, saunas, hammam, trampoline.
    • Wall of Olympic climbing
    • Skating rink
    • Tennis, 15 courts
  • Tennis (Tennis club, 20 courts and 4 walls, Sport hall, 15 courts).
  • VTT
  • Toboggan of summer

Nights

  • Nightclubs/Bars: “Wake Up with Doumé a figure of the nights mègevannes”, “Cocoon Club”, “the Palo Alto”, “White Pearl”.
  • Casino of Megève (50 machines with under…)
  • Bowling on the trunk road (8 tracks and video games)

Transport

August 1st

See too

  • Common of Haute-Savoie

Twinning

  • since 1970

External bonds

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

References

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