Vétraz-Monthoux is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Savoie and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geography

Vétraz-Monthoux is located in the department of Haute-Savoie, in the agglomeration of Annemasse, not far from Geneva. This sympathetic nerve village will make it possible its visitors to benefit from many stroll pastoral and romantic. Safe from its water tower centenary, a splendid pond which, extremely by its lake population, will delight small and large, fishing and bird spotters (the amateurs of héron with ashy nose regale themselves).

History

The first document where is mentioned Monthoux is a charter of 1142 announced by A. of Drilled in Armorial and Nobiliaire of Savoy: “Guillaume 1st, fourth count de Genève, wire of Amédée 1st, already mentioned by his/her father in the charter of Monthoux in 1142”. As from 1245, the list of the lords of Monthoux is known. With this date, the castle belonged to the house of Faucigny; Aimon L of Faucigny is quoted in a bubble of the Pope Innovate lV, gone back to Lyon of the 15 of the calends of September 1245 about the castle and of the vault from Monthoux. The castle of Monthoux changed several times of owners between 1245 and the beginning of XVlèsiècle. Amédée de Viry becomes purchaser of the castle between 1484 and 1504. It passes then to Armand Goyet, in 1505 then is repurchased by Amédée de Viry in 1510, passes to Michel de Viry in 1525. Sold to Antoinette of Saix in 1528, it is repurchased by Michel de Viry in 1532.

By made act with Coppet, with the castle of the said place, on April 22nd, 1532, the lord Michel, baron de Viry and lady Pauline de Vergy, her wife, sell in Noble Michel Guillet, as well on his behalf as of Noble Jehan Guillet, his/her brother, the castle and mandement of Monthoux, with its fidelities, supposed, homages, been useful, sizes, uses, tribes, fruits, gall and direct field, mills, beaters, river and other artifices, pasqueraiges, mountain pastures, rights and actions, and all things pertaining and dependant on the known as castle for the price of 1400 ecus gold and 600 ecus onhowever ruling of repurchase and also the rights to repurchase gave them which are close to Collonges to Noble the Georges and Antoine de Livron. In January - February 1536, the Berneses seize Monthoux (7th seat). They sold the castle to the Baron de Viry but this one did not preserve it a long time; it was obliged, by the Council of Bern, to restore it in Noble Guillet with all it although it had taken to them. May 21st of the same year, the lord of Michel, Baron Viry and Pauline de Vergy, reach in Chambéry an agreement with Nobles Michel and Jehan Guillet. They were appropriate that during two years, it permissible with will be married of Viry to repurchase mandement of Monthoux with the help of the restitution of 2600 ecus gold. This agreement does not prevent a long lawsuit between the two parts before the Parliament of Chambéry.

The stop of March 8th, 1544 déboute the Lord of Viry for the repurchase of the ground of Monthoux which extends since water from the Menoge until Möellesulaz, the Arve to the water of Chanfousaz, and since Petrousaz until mandement of Strapping man, part of City-the-Large (act of recognition of December 22nd, 1541 of the Guillet brothers, lords of Monthoux towards Jacques of Savoy-Nemours). February 27th, 1565, Michel Guillet, lord of Monthoux obtains from Jacques of Savoy, Duc of Nemours and Genevese, the authorization to make an annual fair with Monthoux the following day the Nativity of Notre-Dame, on September 9th. April 2nd, 1589, the Genevese seizes Monthoux and put at it a garrison (8th seat). Charles Emmanuel, Duc of Savoy returns from Piedmont, releases Monthoux at the end of August. A peace treaty is signed in Nyon on October 10th, 1589.

The duke leaving in Savoy his natural son, Gift Heart in the capacity as Lieutenant Général, withdraws his troops but at once the Genevese takes again the offensive. January 24th, 1590, the Genevese besieges Monthoux. The garrison primarily made up of peasants did not go and places it could not be taken. March 24th, 1590, the Genevese sends six companies of infantry and two of cavalry with six parts of gun. After having drawn 35 blows, and makes a breach, they entered the place on March 25th at 4 o'clock in the evening. The garrison, is 36 men had passed to the wire of the sword. The castle was emptied and demolished (9th and last head office of Monthoux). The lords of Monthoux thereafter actively and were very honourably interfered with the Dukes Savoy during two centuries. More close to us, after nine generations of possession of Monthoux, the family Guillet de Monthoux will die out with Othon Guillet de Monthoux, born in 1762, died in 1841. He had married Elisabeth Willelmine de Budé including it have four girls.

The elder one, Augustine-Elisabeth, married Alexis, Gabriel, Joseph Foncet de Montailleur, Major in the armies of king, Chevalier of Malta, Chevalier of Sts Maurice and Lazare, Count de Marcossey. Augustine-Elisabeth was the heiress of the plate of the old castle of Monthoux. She wanted to perpetuate the memory of her ancestors as that of the castle which by its situation on the border played a certain part in our Savoyard history. She then decided to make build a vault on the site of the old keep as well as a dwelling house with dependences. The construction of the vault was completed in 1863 year when were transferred in the crypt the skins from the family from Monthoux. She died in 1875, without direct heir. Its goods passed to its nephews who, to respect his last wills, sold in 1893 the vault, the house and dependences as well as the garden with the purse of the Poor Clerks of the Diocese of Annecy. In 1975, the Diocese of Annecy yields the goods of Monthoux to the commune of Vétraz-Monthoux.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Old residence of Alain Delon.

Personalities related to the commune

The emir d' Abou Dhabi has a vast residence with gardens there.

See too

• Common of Haute-Savoie
• the Community of communes of the agglomeration Annemassienne

External bonds

• Vétraz-Monthoux on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Vétraz-Monthoux on the site of INSEE
• Vétraz-Monthoux on the site of Quid
• Localization of Vétraz-Monthoux on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Vétraz-Monthoux on Mapquest
• site of the Tourist office on Annemasse and Agglomération