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Flag of La Léchère - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 3 April 2023
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La Léchère (2,569 inhabitants in 2021; 13,454 ha) is a commune in the Savoie department, in the Isère valley,
between Albertville and Moûtiers. It was formed in 1972 by the merger
of the former communes Notre-Dame-de-Briançon, Celliers, Doucy, Naves,
Petit-Cœur and Pussy.
On 1 January 2019, the former communes Bonneval and Feissons-sur-Isère
were merged into La Léchère.
Since the end of the 19th century, La Léchère has been renowned for its thermal waters which particularly treat the legs (phlebology). The tradition says that after a subsidence of ground having given way to a small lake, the peasants bathed there after a hard day's work in the fields. They discovered that these baths relieved their joints as well as their heavy legs. Thus was born the legend. Later scientists looked into the composition of its waters and found it to have medicinal properties. Thus was born the spa.
The valley of La Léchère was a high place of the Resistance during the German occupation and this from the winter of 1940-1941. On the night of November 10 to 11, 1942, Auguste Tornier, one of the leaders of the local resistance was killed during an operation at the Aigueblanche war memorial. From March 1943, many sabotages of railways and pylons were intended to slow down the production of the factories placed at the service of Germany. The Germans multiply incarcerations and deportations. On January 29, 1944, the Notre-Dame-de-Briançon factory was taken by the Resistance and around forty Germans were taken prisoner. Nowadays it is not uncommon to come across commemorative plaques in the forest in tribute to young resistance fighters shot by the Nazis.
Olivier Touzeau, 3 April 2023
The flag of La Léchère is white with logo: photo (2022).
Olivier Touzeau, 3 April 2023