La Chapelle-Blanche, Savoie
Encyclopedia
La Chapelle-Blanche is a commune
in the Savoie
department in the Rhône-Alpes
region
in south-eastern France
. The village is located in the Combe de Savoie, on the southwestern slope of the hill Montraillant.
province. It was ceded to the Duchy of Savoy
on 24 March 1760 by the Convention of Turin.
The parish was joined to the parish of Villaroux
from 1803 to 1825.
The Savoy region, which included La Chapelle-Blanche, was annexed by France in 1860 following a plebiscite.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Savoie
Savoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
department in the Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in south-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The village is located in the Combe de Savoie, on the southwestern slope of the hill Montraillant.
History
The town of La Chapelle-Blanche historically belongs to the French DauphinéDauphiné
The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of :Isère, :Drôme, and :Hautes-Alpes....
province. It was ceded to the Duchy of Savoy
Duchy of Savoy
From 1416 to 1847, the House of Savoy ruled the eponymous Duchy of Savoy . The Duchy was a state in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, with some territories that are now in France. It was a continuation of the County of Savoy...
on 24 March 1760 by the Convention of Turin.
The parish was joined to the parish of Villaroux
Villaroux
Villaroux is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France....
from 1803 to 1825.
The Savoy region, which included La Chapelle-Blanche, was annexed by France in 1860 following a plebiscite.
Notable people
- Amélie GexAmélie GexAmélie Rose Françoise Gex, was a Savoyard writer and poet who created works in French and Franco-Provençal . Until 1880, she published most of her writings under the pen name Dian de la Jeânna.-Biography:Amélie Gex was the daughter of the physician and winemaker Marc-Samuel Gex...
, (1835-1883), writer, noted for her works of poetry and prose in the Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) languageFranco-Provençal languageFranco-Provençal , Arpitan, or Romand is a Romance language with several distinct dialects that form a linguistic sub-group separate from Langue d'Oïl and Langue d'Oc. The name Franco-Provençal was given to the language by G.I...
. Note: A monument honoring Amélie Gex stands in the town. - Louis Edmond Seraphin Charvet (1901-1987); industrialist; CEO of Air France; mayor of La Chapelle-Blanche in 1959; poet known by the pseudonym "Evrard of Millières"; and creator of the La Chapelle-Blanche Theatre Festival.