Arinthod

Arinthod is a common French, located in the department of the the Jura and the area Franche-Comté.

Geography

Arinthod includes three hamlets: The Mill, Vogna and Néglia. This small Jurassic Localité is brood with a Altitude of 444 meters, with Franche-Comté, in an area which one commonly calls the Small Mountain. its territory is of 1976 hectares, including 823 of forest.

History

The existence of Arinthod goes up at the time Celtic, as testifies some the stone Enon, Mégalithe located a little outside the Village. This one was built inside the enclosure of a Château whose some vestiges remain, that one names “the Tower”, “the vault castrale” and the “vestiges of the ramparts”. Medieval elements remain, of the arcades, a fountain, a church of XIIe century.

To the thirteenth century, Arinthod belonged to the seigniory of Jean de Chalon.

The commune was served at the beginning of by the Secondary lines of the Jura.

To the twentieth century, the industry of the plastic, to Arinthod even with Smoby and Oyonnax, strongly contributed to the development of Arinthod, Village originally turned towards agriculture and the artisanal tournery.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Notre-Dame Church of the Assumption

The Romance nave dates from the 12th century; it was very often altered. It is made up of 5 spans and a Barrel vault broken. In the blind beginning, it is only in 1864 that deep windows were bored in the vault and were raised on the roof.

Dimensioned northern and south of the nave existed side chapels which become in 1959 and 1961 of the sides by the removal of the walls which separated them. The current chorus was built at the beginning of the 18th century; the light enters there to profusion by the four large windows to the simple but very coloured stained glasses. In the center, suspended, a Christ in Cross, wood statue of the 18th century, is a very beautiful work of the famous Rosset sculptor of Saint-Claude. The woodworks of the chorus as well as the very simple Stalles are also 18th century.

In the collateral south, on the right, a privileged furnace bridge is, in very bad condition, on standby of restoration, as well as beautiful a Pietà hones Polychrome of it end of the 15th century.

The pulpit, out of carved wood, date of the 18th century. On the slope, one can see the Doctorss of the Church (Saint-Gregoire Large the, Saint-Augustin, Saint-Ambroise and Saint-Jerome); on the railing of the tank: Midsummer's Day, Saint-Luc, Christe and Apostles, Saint-Marc and Saint-Matthieu; on the panel of the bottom: Brace holding the Tables of the Law; on the sounding-board: a Angel sounding trumpet.

On the Pillar southern, vis-a-vis the Pulpit, a statue of the 16th century representing was placed Assomption of the Virgin. She was in the vault castrale, but after its restoration in 1977, she was brought back in the church in order to protect it.

The Bell-tower-Porch was built between 1480 and 1500. Under the porch, the bottoms of lamp represent the symbols of the quatres evangelists. Southern part, an angel very damages and a bull; dimensioned northern an eagle and a lion. On the keystone, a Christ in majesty.

Castrale Vault.
Arcades and fountain of the 12th century.
Pierre Enon.
Turn of the old ramparts.
Vestiges of the ramparts.

A path is of aillor indicated to make it possible to make the turn of these monuments, and of the leaflets are given to the Community of Communes of Valous' Ain. This Community is located in the enclosure of the Town hall.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Jura

External bonds

Arinthod on the site of the Community of " communes; Valous' Ain"
Arinthod on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Arinthod on the site of INSEE
Arinthod on the site of Quid
Localization of Arinthod on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Arinthod on Mapquest

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