Moûtiers
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| Commune of Moûtiers | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 06° 32' 04" E |
| Latitude | 45° 29' 09" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Albertville |
| Canton | Moûtiers |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 465 m–1,042 m (avg. 479 m) |
| Land area¹ | 3.16 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,151 |
| - Density (1999) | 1313/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73181/ 73600 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Moûtiers, historically also called Tarentaise, is a commune of the Savoie département, in the Rhône-Alpes région, in France.
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[edit] 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 river Isère flows in the town.
[edit] History
Moûtiers was founded in 996. It was first called Darantasia, then Monasterium (taken from the word monastère, "monastery"), Moustiers and finally Moûtiers. The town has a small historic center with tight streets surrounding the Saint-Pierre cathedral.
It hosted the 1992 Winter Olympics TV display.
Moûtiers was the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarentaise. The archdiocese was disbanded in 1801, and reestablished as the Diocese of Tarentaise. This diocese was united with the dioceses of Chambéry and St-Jean-de-Maurienne to form the diocese of Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise.
[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3788 | 4161 | 4187 | 4342 | 4295 | 4151 |
[edit] Sightseeing
- Saint-Pierre cathedral
- Grand Rue (main street)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
