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The Nant Borrant chalet was built in the 1800s.
In 1842 the Les Contamines local council gave
their permission to open an "auberge" there.
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"Considering that the journey from the Les Contamines
village centre, where all the inn-keepers and off-licenses of
the area are, to "les Chapieus" going via Le Col de
Bonhomme is at least seven hours
Considering that the people obliged to cross this mountain are
very exposed because there is no seller of wine or groceries
The aforesaid council has unanimously decided that it is very
urgent to establish, on the Nant Borrant site, a site very favorable
and agreable for foreigners, an inn-keeper who will sell wine,
groceries and other things necessary to travellers and passers-by,
who he will lodge in accordance with all the rules and regulations
which apply to inns...
For this reason the adminisrators ask his Excellence Monseigneur
the Governor and Commander General of the Savoie Duchy to please
adhere to this fair request...
And as the named Joseph Alexandre Mattel, man of great integrity,
worthy of this position because of his and his families respectability,
is alone in possessing a house and a good selection of apartments
on the Nant Borrant site...
In 1870 his son Joseph coverted the family farm into a hotel.
Then it was the turn of Gustave Mattel (son of Joseph) to continue
the running of it, then Abel Mattel (son of Gustave), then in
1976 Lucienne Mattel (daughter of Abel) and latterly in 2001 Patricia
Mattel (niece of Lucienne). The Nant Borrant chalet has always
belonged to the Mattel family.
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