Peisey-Nancroix

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

The name of the inhabitants: Peiserotes and Peiserots

Geography

Peisey-Nancroix is a valley hanging with the top of the Isere, with the limit of High the Tarentaise: its name would come from pesetum , place where the spruces abound. Its terriroire extends from 1 100 with 3 779 meters of altitude, at the top of the Mount Rotted which, with Bellecôte (3 417m) firm the valley.

Peisey gathers the following hamlets: Villaret, Arches, Frenay, the Mill. Nancroix is composed of the following hamlets: Passieu, Chenarie, Pracompuet or Pracompuis, Lanches, Beaupraz, Bettières, Rosuel, Guraz, Loyes, Esserts, Tovet.

History

Arrived around the Year millet, Peiserots had gradually developed a democratic organization: each year the household heads elected two of them like syndics to manage the “common fruits”, i.e. the communal mountain pastures which belonged to the community; they drew from it a certain abundance of cash which removed misery. Thus they could in 1685, within the framework of the great movement of the " Against-réforme" who followed the Concile of Thirty, to rebuild a larger church and to decorate it with seven retables including three gilded with the fine gold, realized in particular by artists come from the Val Sésia in Italy.

At the beginning of the 18th century, they also build a sanctuary marial near a “miraculous source” located at 1 600m of altitude, Notre Dame of Vernettes, where a great pilgrimage each July 16th is held.

In 1792, on arrival of the French, those were not well accommodated because Peiserots had already repurchased the feudal rights to their lord. Thanks to their mobilization, they could limit the destroying fury of the revolutionists to the loss of the bells of the church while preserving their bell-tower which is most of Tarentaise.

At the same time the exploitation of a siver-bearing mine of Plomb starts, initially conceded by the Sardinian government with an English company. It is what explains the name of money Mounts given by the French revolutionists. Napoleon Bonaparte then First Consul decides in 1802 to install there the seat of the French École of the Mines which will be repatriated with Paris when the Savoy turns over to the Maison of Savoy in 1815. The population reaches 1 then; 600 inhabitants, but the seams are increasingly difficult access and problems of flood of the galleries bring the permanent closure of the mine in 1866 is six years after the fastening of Savoy in France.

Having acquired competences in the field of the foundry, many peiserots then leave to work in Paris where they settle in 3rd and the 11th district to open “bronze imitation” workshops. Some return then to the country and build there beautiful decorated masonries of wrought iron balconies. The Jourdan couple offers to the municipality the building of Ramonard and that of the Poste. The village knows then a fort Rural migration and the population falls to 400 inhabitants.

The Tourisme starts to develop as of the Années 1920, initially in Nancroix: this is why in 1934 the commune takes officially the name of Peisey-Nancroix. The first French chair-lift was built in Peisey in 1948. In 1963 begins creation from the station of Plan Peisey. Since December 2003, it shelters a station of the Vanoise Express, largest Téléphérique of the world which connects the ski stations of the Arcs and Plagne, by creating the field Paradiski. For a few years, this tourist development has allowed an increase of the population which rises today with more than 620 inhabitants.

Skiable field

The station of Peisey Vallandry is located in the middle of the field skiable Paradiski, formed by the meeting of the fields of the Peisey-Vallandry Arcs and Plagne, thanks to the cable car Vanoise Express, and thus offers an direct access to the 420 km of tracks, 3 glaciers, 2 tops of more than 3000 m and many slopes in forest.

Administration

|- | align=right| 1963 - 1971 || Francis Poccard ||align=" center" | || |- |- | align=right| 1995 - 2001 || Patrick Givelet ||align=" center" | || |- |- | align=right| 2001 - 2008 || Patrick Givelet ||align=" center" | ||

Demography

Places and monuments

old the mine of Lead and Money, exploited at XVIIe and the XVIIIe century. In its buildings was installed the first seat of the French school of the Mines of 1802 with 1814. A pedestrian course of archaeological discovery of the site is proposed to the tourists (Palate of the Mine and circuit of the money Mounts).

A project of Contemporary art of Hubert Duprat is there being born. A second parallel gallery will be dug there. It will connect the first by a conduit polished which will emphasize the stone, its green color resulting from Chlorite and inclusions of ferrous Pyrite which it contains.

the church of the Trinity and its bell-tower, highest of Tarentaise, seven Retable S of which that of the high altar carved and gilded by Jacques-Antoine Todesco and Jean-Baptiste Guallaz.

Our Lady-of-Vernettes which was built at the beginning of the 18th century near a " source; miraculeuse" located at 1.816m of altitude 1 hour from easy walk of Peisey. It was in the beginning a sanctuary marial of inspiration Savoyard Baroque art. High-place of devotion since the 17th century, the murals were carried out by Luca Valentino in 1733 and were restored on several occasions. The major Retable was built between 1739 and 1743 per Joseph-Marie Martel and was dedicated to Our-Lady-of-Pity. The side Autels (1750) are dedicated to Saint-Jean-Baptist and Saint Nicolas's Day. A great pilgrimage proceeds each July 16th there.

Economy

Events

Festival of the Costume and the Mountain, on August 15th.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Savoy

External bonds

Tourist office of Peisey-Vallandry
Peisey-Nancroix on the site of the national geographical Institute
Peisey-Nancroix on the site of INSEE
Peisey-Nancroix on the site of Quid
Localization of Peisey-Nancroix on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Peisey-Nancroix on Mapquest

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