Saint-Jorioz is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Savoie and the area the Rhone-Alps. Its inhabitants is the Saint-Joriennes and Saint-Joriens . (Note of pronunciation: as very often in Haute-Savoie, final Z does not decide)

Geography

Situation

Saint-Jorioz is at the west of the Lac of Annecy and at the east of the Massif of Semnoz.

Benchmark

Communes bordering

• Sévrier
• Quintal
• Viuz-la-Chiésaz
• Saint-Eustace
• Duingt

Nature of the landscapes

Transportation routes

By roads

• RD 1508 (in the past Trunk road 508)

Public transport

Airport and heliport

Village, Hamlet

• the old church
• Villard
• Machevaz
• Entredozon
• Filly
• Dirty
• Epagny
• Bordon
• At Cublier
• the Mills
• Monnetier

History

Heraldic

Of gold with three Chubs of azure to the chief of gold mouths papelonné

Etymology

Alternatives of the name of holy Georges.

With the Middle Ages, the village was called Macelum , coming from a monk, named Jore , which gave initially Macelum de Saint-Jeore . The name derived to give Saint-Jorioz today.

History of the village/city

Culture and Inheritance

Architectural heritage

Medieval period

• Mill of Noiret, XVIIe

Contemporary period

Religious monuments

Environmental inheritance

• Saint-Jorioz enjoys a strategic situation between the Massif of Semnoz and the Lac of Annecy. Via the collar of Leschaux, it also makes it possible to reach the Massif of the Wallows.
• the commune is adherent with the Regional natural park of the Wallows

Cultural heritage

• Mill of Noiret. Mill going back to at least 1644 on the torrent the Laudon which is thrown in the Lac of Annecy. A project of restoration and opening to the public, plus installation of a walk along the Laudon starting from 2005.

Economy

Statistical data

Demography

Trade

Large companies

A certain number of industrial companies are installed in the commune.

Sports and leisures

Infrastructures

Clubs and associations

Demonstrations

Administrative life

Administrative status

Saint-Jorioz and communes established in the west of the lake, also called in the past “left bank” and currently " rivet western " , gathered in a Communauté of agglomeration: the the Community of communes of Left bank of the Annecy Lake. The communes composing it are the Vault-Saint-Maurice, Duingt, Entrevernes, Leschaux, Saint-Eustace and Sévrier.

Early childhood

Teaching

Nursery school

Primary education

College

The college Jean Monet accommodates the pupils of Saint-Jorioz and the neighbouring communes

Places of worship

Health

Lists of the former mayors

Administration on the spot

Twinning

Others

Personalities related to the commune

• the pianist François-Rene Duchâble lives the commune.

See too

Related articles

• Common of Haute-Savoie

External bonds

• Site of the town hall of Saint-Jorioz
• Saint-Jorioz on Google Map
• Given IGN
• Given INSEE

Sources

• Site on the local history
• Auguste Giroud, Saint-Jorioz, Pages of local history , To combine, Grenoble, 1962.

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