Moûtiers

Moûtiers
Moûtiers
	Commune
	View of Moûtiers and the Isère
	Coat of arms
	Location of Moûtiers
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	Coordinates: 45°29′09″N 6°32′04″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Albertville
Canton	Moûtiers
Government
• Mayor (2014 - 2020)	Fabrice Pannekoucke
Area 1	3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	3,501
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	73181 /73600
Elevation	465–1,042 m (1,526–3,419 ft) ; (avg. 479 m or 1,572 ft)
Website	https://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

Saint-Pierre cathedral
Grand Rue (main street)

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References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.