Moûtiers

Moûtiers is a common French, located in the department of the Savoy and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geography

Moûtiers, is located at the beginning of the valley of the Tarentaise of which it is the capital. It is the door of access of high the Vallée of Tarentaise and several large French Ski stations, of which Courchevel, Méribel, Menuires and Val Thorens.

It is located at 30 km Albertville and 25 km of Borough-Saint-Maurice located at the bottom of the valley traversed by the Isere.

History

Moûtiers is mentioned on the Table of Peutinger under the name of Darantasia. The development of the city tarine is strongly dependant with the increase in the power of the province of Tarentaise and its ecclesiastical princes.

Etymology

Growing around a monastery founded in 996, it was initially called Darantasia , then Monasterium (which comes from the term Monastère), Moustiers , for finally giving Moûtiers .

Heraldic

Party: with the first of mouths to the two keys of gold passed in saltire, bound the same one, with the second semi-party with the bicephalous eagle of sand, beakful and membrée of the field.

History of the city

August 1st The city has a center town restricted, with some narrow lanes, around the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre.

In 1992, it was the center of retransmission televised of the Olympic Games of Albertville.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre was that of old the Diocèse of Moûtiers-Tarentaise. She knew many transformations during the centuries which give him a composite architecture, testimony of carried out work.
court of Archevéché
Large the commercial street
Arts center Marius Hudry
Museum of History and Archeology, where one finds the collections of the Académie of the Valley of Isere.

Economy

Events

Personalities related to the commune

Frederic Covili, alpine skier.
Joel Channel, alpine skier, born in Moûtiers.

See too

Province of the Tarentaise
Diocese of Moûtiers-Tarentaise and the List of the bishops of Common Moûtiers-Tarentaise
of Savoy

External bonds

Gate of the Town hall of Moûtiers
Site of the tourist office of the city
Moûtiers on the site of the national geographical Institute
Moûtiers on the site of INSEE
Moûtiers on the site of Quid
Localization of Moûtiers on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Moûtiers on Mapquest

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