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Moûtiers

Coordinates: 45°29′09″N 6°32′04″E / 45.4858°N 6.5344°E / 45.4858; 6.5344
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For other places called Moûtiers or Moutiers, see Moutiers.
Moûtiers
Commune
View of Moûtiers and the Isère
View of Moûtiers and the Isère
Coat of arms of Moûtiers
Coat of arms
Location of Moûtiers
Map
Moûtiers is located in France
Moûtiers
Moûtiers
Moûtiers is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Moûtiers
Moûtiers
Coordinates: 45°29′09″N 6°32′04″E / 45.4858°N 6.5344°E / 45.4858; 6.5344
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementAlbertville
CantonMoûtiers
Government
 • Mayor (2014 - 2020) Fabrice Pannekoucke
Area
1
3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
3,475
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
73181 /73600
Elevation465–1,042 m (1,526–3,419 ft)
(avg. 479 m or 1,572 ft)
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20110202224841/http://moutiers-savoie.com/
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moûtiers (French pronunciation: [mutje]), historically also called Tarentaise, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It is the access point to the Les Trois Vallées ski area and its railway station, although not on a high-speed rail line, is consequently a seasonally important destination for TGV trains from Lyon, Paris and elsewhere.

Geography

Moûtiers is located deep in the Tarentaise Valley. It is its geographic capital, between Albertville and Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Several popular French ski resorts are located in its vicinity. The Isère flows through the town.

History

Moûtiers was the capital of the Ceutrones, a Celtic tribe of Gaul. Its antique name, Darantasia, appears on a surviving ancient Roman road map known as the Tabula Peutingeriana. In a medieval text dating from 996, Moûtiers was called Monasterium (root of the word "monastery") from which its later names, Moustiers and finally Moûtiers, were derived.

Moûtiers was the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarentaise. The archdiocese was disbanded in 1801, and re-established as the Diocese of Tarentaise. This diocese was united with the diocese of Chambéry and diocese of St-Jean-de-Maurienne to form the diocese of Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise.

Today, the town has a small historic center with narrow streets surrounding Saint-Pierre cathedral.

It hosted the TV display for the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Demography

Demographic evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
3,788 4,161 4,187 4,342 4,295 4,151 3,936 3,779 3,509

Sightseeing

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

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