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It is the principal commune for the canton which bears its name. The town of Samo\u00ebns is located in the Vall\u00e9e du Giffre (Giffre Valley) in the French Alps.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsStonemasons[edit]Tourist destination[edit]Jaysinia and the Cognac-Ja\u00ff Foundation[edit]Chapels[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Stonemasons[edit]Stone has long been a traditional feature of the Upper Giffre Valley which is dotted with limestone quarries (hardness coefficient, 13). To supplement their income from farming, the men in the region used to work stone.In 1659, there were so many frahans (the local name for stonecutters and masons)[3] in Samo\u00ebns and their expertise was so well known that they set up a very famous brotherhood. It engaged in charity work, taking care of the sick and training young apprentices in its own school of draughtsmen, which had an extensive library.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The members of the brotherhood of masons and stonecutters in Samo\u00ebns were contacted for leading construction projects. They worked with Vauban on his fortifications, were commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to build canals in Saint-Quentin, and worked in Givors and even further afield, in Poland, Louisiana and Australia.[citation needed]To ensure that they were not understood by outsiders when talking to each other, they used their own dialect, called mourm\u00e9.[3]Evidence of their work can be seen all over the village, in its architecture.Even now, there are a number of stonecutters upholding the tradition in Samo\u00ebns and the brotherhood has become a cultural association, the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Ma\u00e7ons.Tourist destination[edit]The town carries the designation of a “ville fleurie” distinguishing it as one of the most beautiful towns in France.[4]Approximately a 70\u00a0km drive from Geneva Airport,[5] Samoens is a summer destination as well as the site of a ski resort that departs from a lift (Grand massif Express) at the edge of town linking up to Samo\u00ebns 1600. Also known as the Plateau des Saix, this resort is part of the larger five-town Grand Massif which includes Flaine and Morillon.[6]Samo\u00ebns has been awarded the ‘Famille Plus Montagne’ label.[7] Samo\u00ebns is the only winter sports resort to be classified by the Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques.As well as skiing, Samoens offers a range of non-skiing activities including dog-sledding, indoor climbing, caving and diving under ice.[8]Jaysinia and the Cognac-Ja\u00ff Foundation[edit]Ja\u00ffsinia (3.7 hectares) is a botanical garden specializing in alpine flowers, established in 1906 by Marie-Louise Cognacq-Ja\u00ff, a native of Samo\u00ebns and founder of La Samaritaine department store in Paris. Since 1936 it has been directed by the Scientific Division of Botany from the National Museum of Natural History. It is open all year and is free of charge.Chapels[edit]There are nine chapels in and around Samo\u00ebns, in addition to many shrines and other cultural buildings. Most were built in the 17th century, except for the chapel in Le B\u00e9rouze \u2013 dating from the 15th century \u2013 and the one in Les Allamands, dating from the 19th century.Two of these buildings were moved from the sites where they were originally constructed. The chapel in Le B\u00e9rouze was originally built at the mountain pass known as “Col de Couz”, but it was badly damaged during an invasion by Swiss troops in 1476. Four years later, it was decided to rebuild it on the main square. In Mathonex, the chapel now overlooks the village, but the original building was much closer to the village centre; its relocation became a necessity after a landslide.See also[edit]References[edit]^ “R\u00e9pertoire national des \u00e9lus: les maires”. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des donn\u00e9es publiques fran\u00e7aises (in French). 9 August 2021.^ “Populations l\u00e9gales 2019”. The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.^ a b J. Desormaux, “M\u00e9langes savoisiens, VIII. L’argot des ramoneurs”, (1912) 26 Revue de philologie fran\u00e7aise et de litt\u00e9rature p 77 (ISSN\u00a01245-5733), Gallica, Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France, d\u00e9partement Litt\u00e9rature et art, 8-X-4072, 2011 accessed 7 January 2013. “Le mourm\u00e9, parl\u00e9 \u00e0 Samo\u00ebns, comme le m\u00e8nedigne ou mannedigne, en usage \u00e0 Morzine et \u00e0 Montriond, est l’argot propre aus frahans, tailleurs de pierre et ma\u00e7ons de ces localit\u00e9s du Chablais.” (mourm\u00e9, spoken at Samo\u00ebns, as with m\u00e8nedigne or mannedigne, in use at Morzine and at Montriond, is the argot of the frahans, stonecutters and masons of these places in Chablais district.)^ “Les villes et villages fleuris (Towns and villages in bloom)” (in French). Conseil National des Villes et Villages Fleuris (Paris). Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.^ “Driving Directions to Ferme du Ciel, Luxury Chalet in Samo\u00ebns”.^ “Samo\u00ebns Flaine Skiing Holidays | Ski Apartments | Peak Retreats”.^ “Skiing Samoens – Grand Massif – Alps”. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-04.^ “GrandMassif.co.uk”.For Premier Accommodation in Samoens please visit www.alpsaccommodation.comExternal links[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samo\u00ebns.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/samoens-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Samo\u00ebns – Wikipedia"}}]}]