Montmélian

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

Geography

Montmélian is a commune of the Combe of Savoy, located at 10 km in the South-east of Chambéry. It is located on Right Bank of the Isere.

History

Etymology

The common car its name of the site " mons" (mount, projecting relief) and " meillan, mélian" meaning center crowned .

Heraldic

Blazon: " mouths, with the chief also of mouths charged with a cross of argent"

History of the borough

The site accommodates a citadel moyenâgeuse, not strategic in the Combe of Savoy, between the steps from the Dauphine, the cluse chambérienne, and downstream from the intra-alpine valleys of Maurienne and Tarentaise, and beyond the Italy. It is the chief town of the province of Savoy Propre.

Thomas II of Piedmont (1199-1259), count de Piémont (1245) was born with Montmélian.

The citadel is destroyed in 1706, on order of Louis XIV. The hill which accommodated it is naked today and became a view-point.

Economy

Activities

Demography

Places and monuments

Site of the old citadel of Montmélian
Old city
Convent of the capuchins of 1594.
Hospital of the 15th century.
Church of the 14th century, renovated at the 18th century and the 19th century.
strong House of Perugia 13th century, renovated at the 18th century and the 19th century.
Bridge of Isere (photo hereafter), built 1672 with 1684 per François Cuénot and finished by his Nicolas son.

Administrative life

Teaching

List former mayors

Twin town

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