[pierreh]

The names of the cities in my clusters have a french-language flavor. With very few exceptions I selected obscure villages or places on topographical maps.

Twp days ago during a hike in the neighbouring mountains of Haute-Savoie, not very far from the Mont-Blanc range, I encountered the 'real' Deramey. There was a sign on the path:



The sign says 'Le Deramey'; it is common for places to be named 'le someplace' or 'la someplace', but on the topographical map it is 'Deramey', without the 'Le'.

Deramey is in fact a very small hamlet, perhaps four or five houses, barns and shacks. There was nobody around when I passed by. It is possible that one or two of the old houses is used as a 'secondary residence', or could be rented during the summer.



This is of course a far cry from my 'game Deramey', a striving city with about 1.25 mio Sims and a bustling CBD, a small view of which follows: