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A belvedere overlooking the Asse valley at an altitude of 815 m, Saint-Lions has no coat of arms, as it only gained independence from the community of Barrême during the Directoire period. Today, it is a small village with a pastoral and agricultural vocation.
Lion d’Asse” became a commune in the midst of revolutionary unrest, and was renamed Saint-Lyons from the Latin Saint-Liontius, which translates as Saint-Léonce.
Its parish church, dedicated to Saint-Laurent, features an 18th-century painted wooden statue. The fountain-washhouse and the sundial on the church’s south façade are well worth a visit.
Today, the village, which has suffered from the rural exodus, has a population of around 50, who enjoy the peace and quiet of the area, where you can still see the “Jas”, dry-stone shelters built for animals in days gone by.
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