Saint-Chef

History

The abbey Saint-Chef develops over time. The abbey church dates from the 10th and 11th centuries. A first castle is built on the north hill. It will be followed by two others, later, still on the same hill but further west. After the French Revolution, the abbey was dismantled and its buildings re-used for the most part, or destroyed for some others. Between 1790 and 1794, Saint-Chef absorbed the communes of Arcisses, Chamont, Crucilleux, Laval-de-Saint-Chef, Montcarra, Trieux and Vercin. The current mayor is Alexandre Drogoz who replaced Noël Rolland in 2020. This abbey was founded around the year 500. The 12th and 13th century Saint-Theudère church, with its flamboyant Gothic portal and its organ, was listed as a historic monument in 1840 by Prosper Mérimée. The main building houses one of the most important sets of Romanesque frescoes in France dating from the twelfth century, on the theme of the Apocalypse, also classified as a historic monument. The historical and artistic interest of its frescoes has earned them reproductions in the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine of Paris. Saint-Chef Vue Generale.jpg|Vue générale de l'abbatiale. St Chef Abbatiale Façade Ouest.JPG|La façade ouest. St Chef Abbatiale Clocher.JPG|Le clocher. St Chef Abbatiale Chapelle des Anges Mur Sud Les Vieillards de l'Apocalypse.JPG|Fresque : les Vieillards de l'Apocalypse. St Chef Abbatiale Chapelle des Anges Voûte.JPG|Fresque : le Christ en majesté. St Chef Abbatiale Chapelle des Anges Mur Sud Les Apôtres.JPG|Fresque : les apôtres. Located three kilometers from the main body of the village, in the hamlet of Chamont, this church was erected in 1879. In 1982, it became disused but, in 2001, an association close to the Lyon priory of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint-Pie-X bought…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,203
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,058
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  964
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  959
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  888
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  883
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  662
• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  572

Most recent

• M 3.3 — 2025-05-06
  8 km W of Chapareillan, France
• M 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France
• M 3.2 — 2017-11-17
  10 km NNE of Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne, France
• M 3.4 — 2013-04-06
  1 km SSW of Poisy, France
• M 4.3 — 2010-06-30
  3 km NW of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, France
• M 2.8 — 2008-12-30
  4 km NW of Aime, France