Sévrier

Sévrier

Sévrier
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Annecy
Canton Seynod
Intercommunality Lac d'Annecy
Mayor Pierre Hérisson
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 440–1,287 m (1,440–4,222 ft)
(avg. 456 m/1,496 ft)
Land area1 12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population2 4,099  (2006)
 - Density 324 /km2 (840 /sq mi)
Time zone CET (GMT +1)
INSEE/Postal code 74267/ 74320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sévrier is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It is located on the north-western banks of Lake Annecy. It is essentially a residential suburb of Annecy.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]

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