Hauteville-Lompnes

Hauteville-Lompnes
Part of Plateau d'Hauteville
Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Hauteville-Lompnes
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Coordinates: 45°58′54″N 5°36′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Plateau d'Hauteville
Commune	Plateau d'Hauteville
Area ^1	50.34 km^2 (19.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	3,620
• Density	72/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	01110
Elevation	455–1,240 m (1,493–4,068 ft) (avg. 810 m or 2,660 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hauteville-Lompnes (French pronunciation: [otvil lɔn] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Plateau d'Hauteville.[2]

History

The commune was formed in 1942 by the union of Hauteville and Lompnes. In 1964 it absorbed the neighbouring communes of Lacoux and Longecombe.

Sanatorium Félix Mangini

The Sanatorium Félix Mangini was established in 1899 bycFrédéric Dumarest.,[3] a former student of Carlo Forlanini.[4] It was dedicated to the care of tuberculosis patients.[5]

Geography

The river Albarine flows southwestward through the commune's northern part.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	4,125	—
2011	3,971	−0.76%
2015	3,739	−1.49%
2021	3,620	−0.54%
Source: INSEE[6][7][1]

Features

Hauteville-Lompnes is famous for its deposits of marble which has been used in the construction of many monumental buildings, among them the Empire State Building in New York City and the Kōkyo Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

A notable feature is the castle d'Angeville, a family possession of the family of that name since 1657. A scion of that family was Henriette d'Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc, for whom a street in Hauteville is named; her brother, the count d'Angeville, lived in the castle in the mid-nineteenth century.[8]

Today the town is more oriented towards tourism, with cross country and downhill skiing in the winter and range of summertime activities, including walking, hiking and fishing.

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
2. Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2018-12-22 at the Wayback Machine 12 December 2018 (in French)
3. Guy, Louis Henri (20 April 2016). "Hommage au Docteur Frédéric Dumarest en 1956 - LGUYHAUTEVILLE01". lguyhauteville. Louis Guy. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
4. Dumarest, F. "In Memory of Carlo Forlanini." Journal de medecine de Lyon 31.727 (1950): 353-359.
5. [Hauteville-Lompnes#Sanatorium_F.C3.A9lix_Mangini "Bugey Historique"]. bugey-historique. Bugey Historique. Retrieved 22 November 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
6. Populations légales 2011, INSEE
7. Populations légales 2015, INSEE
8. Domain, Guy (29 July 2010). "Hauteville-Lompnes : la rue centrale, un condensé de l'histoire de la station". Le Progrès. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.