Praranger

The hamlet’s name derives from “pra” (natural high mountain grassland in Savoyard) and “Rangerius”, the landowners’ name in the 5th century. Its chapel is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and Saint Fabien. The hamlet used to include a cheesemaking company, a grain mill whose use it shared with the inhabitants of the hamlets of Le Lavassaix and Le Bettaix, and a bread oven. It had 187 inhabitants in 1901 and 181 in 1999. “Le Bosse” (Henri Julien Hudry), a Napoleonic soldier, was born here. His house in the centre of the hamlet was purchased in order to build the school, which was later turned into an activity centre for the inhabitants. These days, there are two school groups complexes (nursery and primary) taking in children from Les Menuires, Le Lavassaix, Le Bettex, Praranger and Les Granges. The first was built in 1965 and the second in the 1980s.