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Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (, literally ''Bellegarde on Valserine''; frp, Bèlagouârda) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 11,326. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Valserhône. 22 October 2018 Geography Bellegarde is located at the confluence of the and the . At this spot, the water o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellegarde Station
Bellegarde station ( French: ''Gare de Bellegarde'') is a railway station served by TGV, TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Léman Express located in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, in the département of Ain, France. The first station building opened in 1858 to allow a stop on the line between Seyssel and Geneva. The wooden building was destroyed by fire and requiring the construction of a new building in 1907. Over the years, other lines reached to the station, causing passenger numbers to grow. The first TGV service was in 1981 between Paris Gare de Lyon and Geneva. From a simple railway station, the site underwent a major restructuring in 2010 to become an interchange. This was triggered by the decision to renovate the Ligne du Haut-Bugey. Position on the railway network A junction station, situated at kilometer 134,252 of the Lyon–Geneva railway, and kilometer 64,523 of the Ligne du Haut-Bugey. Its altitude is 378m. History of Bellegarde railway station Before the cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valserine
The river Valserine () is a tributary of the Rhône that flows for from the Col de la Faucille in the Jura Mountains to its confluence with the Rhône at Bellegarde-sur-Valserine. The Valserine Valley has great charm; it includes the Pont des Pierres that spans the river between Montanges and Mulaz (in the commune of Confort), as well as the Pertes de la Valserine just north of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, a canyon in which during the dry season the Valserine runs underground. As the river flows through the village of Mijoux, it marks the border between Ain (a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) and Jura (in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). See also * Frainc-Comtou dialect * Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura * Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valserhône
Valserhône (; frp, Vâlcerôno) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2019, of the communes of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille and Lancrans. 22 October 2018 In 2018, the three communes had a combined population of 16,431, with Bellegarde-sur-Valserine as the major population centre. This makes Valserhône the third-most populated commune of Ain, after and |
Lancrans
Lancrans (; frp, Lancrens) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 1,054. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Valserhône. 22 October 2018 In 1858, Vanchy (renamed Coupy in 1907, merged in 1966 into ) and Confort separated from Lancrans to form new communes. Geography The town of Lancr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Génissiat Dam
The Génissiat Dam ( French: ''Barrage de Génissiat'') is a hydroelectric dam on the Rhône in France near the village of Injoux-Génissiat. Construction began in 1937, but was delayed by World War II, and the dam did not start generating power until 1948. By 1949 it had the greatest capacity of any dam in Europe. Background The concept of damming the Rhone had been discussed since the 19th century. In 1906 the Harlé-Blondel-Mähl group published a proposal for a great dam at Génissiat. They were supported by the Groupe Giros-Loucheur and by Schneider. They had to compete with a rival proposal by a Franco-Swiss group, and both groups appealed to geologists to support their claims. The French speleologist and expert on limestones Édouard-Alfred Martel declared that the Génissiat scheme was pure folly: It would be impossible to anchor the dam in the limestone, which was anyway porous and would not retain the water. The Swiss Maurice Lugeon, a specialist in large dams, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perte Du Rhône
The Perte du Rhône (Loss of the Rhône) is a sixty-metre-deep geologic fault just upstream of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine in France, into which the Rhône River used to disappear during the dry season. It marked the border between Ain and Haute-Savoie. In 1948, the Génissiat Dam, designed by French architects Albert Laprade and Léon Bazin, was built to the south of Bellegarde. With the construction of the dam, the Perte du Rhône was transformed into a reservoir twenty three kilometres long, from Génissiat to the Swiss border. A similar feature called Pertes de la Valserine still exists in the same area. In 1854, Eugène Renevier, Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University of Lausanne, wrote ''Fossiles du terrain aptien de la Perte-du-Rhône'' with François Jules Pictet de la Rive. See also * List of hydroelectric power stations The following are lists of hydroelectric power stations based on the four methods of hydroelectric generation: * List of convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châtillon-en-Michaille
Châtillon-en-Michaille ( frp, Châtelyon) is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Valserhône. 22 October 2018 Population See also *Communes of the Ain department
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Saint-Christophe, Aosta Valley
Saint-Christophe ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Aosta Valley. It is located east of Aosta, on the left shore of the Dora Baltea. Places of interest The Passerin d'Entrèves castle is located in this commune. The Bridge of Grand Arvou is in the Aosta commune nearby. Transport Aosta Airport is located in Saint-Christophe. Air Vallée had its head office on the grounds of Aosta Airport."World Airline Directory." '' Flight International''. 20–26 March 200172 Twinnings * Bellegarde-sur-Valserine Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (, literally ''Bellegarde on Valserine''; frp, Bèlagouârda) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 11,326. On 1 January 2019, i ..., France See also * A.S.D. Vallée d’Aoste Saint-Christophe References External links Saint-Christophe Cities and towns in Aosta Valley {{Aosta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Communes Of Ain
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being using in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretten
Bretten (; South Franconian: ''Bredde'') is a town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Geography Bretten lies in the centre of a rectangle that is formed by Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Heilbronn and Stuttgart as corners. It has a population of approximately 28,000. The centre of Bretten consists of many old half-timbered houses around a lively marketplace. Towns and villages under the administration of Bretten include Bauerbach, Büchig, Diedelsheim, Dürrenbüchig, Gölshausen, Neibsheim, Rinklingen, Ruit and Sprantal. History Bretten was first mentioned as "villa breteheim" in the "Lorsch codex" in 767. Since 1148 Bretten had the right to mint and issue coins. In 1254 Bretten received city rights. In 1492 Bretten was granted to hold four fairs by Pfalzgraf Philipp. Philipp Melanchthon was born in Bretten in 1497. The residents of Bretten successfully sallied against the Swabian besiegers around Ulrich of Württemberg in 150 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Twinning
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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