Hauteville-Lompnes

Hauteville-Lompnes
Town hall
Coat of arms
Hauteville-Lompnes
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Hauteville-Lompnes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Hauteville-Lompnes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Maclet
Area1	50.34 km2 (19.44 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	4,193
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01185 / 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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hauteville-Lompnes is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

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.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	734	—
1800	674	−8.2%
1806	687	+1.9%
1821	662	−3.6%
1831	770	+16.3%
1836	673	−12.6%
1841	686	+1.9%
1846	732	+6.7%
1851	797	+8.9%
1856	772	−3.1%
1861	763	−1.2%
1866	798	+4.6%
1872	755	−5.4%
1876	775	+2.6%
1881	750	−3.2%
1886	779	+3.9%
1891	708	−9.1%
1896	729	+3.0%
1901	908	+24.6%
1906	973	+7.2%
1911	942	−3.2%
1921	1,083	+15.0%
1926	1,535	+41.7%
1931	2,198	+43.2%
1936	2,673	+21.6%
1946	4,494	+68.1%
1954	5,419	+20.6%
1962	3,806	−29.8%
1968	3,841	+0.9%
1975	4,083	+6.3%
1982	3,597	−11.9%
1990	3,895	+8.3%
1999	3,662	−6.0%
2008	4,193	+14.5%
2012	3,921	−6.5%

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 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.

The town was also renowned at the start of the 20th century for its state-of-the art hospitals, notable in the fight against tuberculosis.

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

• INSEE