La Chapelle-du-Bard

capella de barro. A Latin text from the 11th century attests to the ancient settlement and the name. capella refers to the place where the cape or part of the cape of Saint Martin, a Roman officer and patron of Christian Gaul, was deposited. It should be noted that the word cape gave its name to the place where the relic was kept, however, it should not be concluded that all chapels contained a piece of the prestigious cape. de barro: bar is a word of Celtic origin found throughout Celtic Europe and refers to a height, a mountain, a rocky ridge. Near La Chapelle-du-Bard and Pontcharra on Bréda, there is the Fort de Barraux. The main stream of the commune borrows this term and is called Le Bard. Toponyms formed with words of Gaulish origin are common in France as well as in the Francoprovençal (Arpitan) language.