Small town of Ain located in the Jura Mountains, just an hour from Lyon or Geneva, Hauteville-Lompnes knows a dry mountain climate and sunny and a quality of life that have earned the resort label in the 1920s by Cut river Albarine, the city, which still operates quarries, settled between 800 and 1200 meters.
A Hauteville-Lompnes, outdoor activities abound, whether skiing, hiking, fishing and the organization of various festivals. Today, the city of Hauteville-Lompnes is known for the presence of its rehabilitation centers. Fresh air and quiet and beautiful scenery are indeed conducive to fitness.
Summer or winter, the small mountain is an ideal place for an enjoyable holiday, whether to enjoy the many sports or the beautiful surrounding heritage.
If Hauteville-Lompnes is a city made for sports activities outdoors, it also has a beautiful cultural and architectural heritage.
Hauteville-Lompnes benefits from the presence of four ski lifts on the Round Earth site. They serve in another a green slope, two blue runs, four red runs and a black run. The ski area operates mainly in winter and offers activities as diverse and varied as downhill skiing, cross country skiing or snowshoeing. In the summer, cycling, hiking or fishing, and mountain biking are also possible.
The city of Hauteville-Lompnes also has a beautiful religious heritage with the presence of many churches. The Notre Dame in particular is of interest. Built in the nineteenth century, it has a seventeenth-century porch and various stained glass windows by Jacques Bony, a glass painter originally from several windows of the Saint-Die-des-Vosges cathedral. Also note, the Church of Longecombe seventeenth century and its Gothic heart, or the Chapel of Our Lady of Mazières rebuilt in the nineteenth century in the heart of the forest.
Located in the center of the city, the castle was rebuilt Angeville the mid-seventeenth century on the ruins of a castle of the twelfth century. With four pointed towers, it today hosts a functional rehabilitation center.
Founded in 1971, the contemporary art center of Hauteville-Lompnes regularly offers exhibitions, workshops, or tours.
The natural heritage of the city is especially important with particular viewpoint CURNILLON which offers a beautiful view over the plateau of Hauteville, the pond Lesines, ideal for fishing or hiking, marsh Vaux and natural area or the cascade of Charabotte.
Ski resort winter and throughout the year, the city of Hauteville-Lompnes no shortage of entertainment!
Throughout the year, the city hosts three Hauteville-Lompnes markets on Thursday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday morning.
A Christmas market with various artisans and other local producers, is also present in December.
Three fairs take place Hauteville-Lompnes, Spring Fair in April, the fair Lompnes the first Friday of June and the Autumn Fair in October.
Hauteville-Lompnes offers every May the Nature festival Ain. On this occasion, the city presents film screenings, meetings with artists of nature and many other activities related to nature.
In August, instead of the Hauteville-Lompnes theater festival. Every year at this time of year are offered different shows, and meetings with actors and other directors.
The city of Hauteville-Lompnes and its surroundings offers a whole range of sports, recreational, cultural for children as for adults, summer and winter hiking trails, horseback riding, mountain biking, snowshoeing, an inter-municipal pool, tennis courts, football, adventure, the trottin'herb, the deval'kart, the escal'arbre but also a mountain golf course, a cinema, a casino, a fitness center...
Landscapes and generous nature also offer beautiful ride locations: swamp Vaux, waterfall Charabotte, Virgin Lacoux, villages... many ideas for all the family.
