Cran-Gevrier

Cran-Gevrier
Vue de l'entrée dans Cran-Gevrier à la sortie d'Annecy
Cran-Gevrier
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Annecy
Canton	Canton of Seynod
Intercommunality	Communauté de l'agglomération d'Annecy
Mayor	Jean Boutry (PS) (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	396–528 m (1,299–1,732 ft)
Land area1	4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population2	16,811  (2006)
- Density	3,502 /km2 (9,070 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	74093/ 74960
Website	Ville-crangevrier.fr
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.

Coordinates: 45°54′35″N 6°06′38″E / 45.909667°N 06.110667°E / 45.909667; 06.110667

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

Geography

Cran-Gevrier is in the east of Annecy. Part of the city is on a hill (hill of Gevrier). The hamlet of Cran was on the level of the Thiou river. The top of the hill of Gevrier is designated as a natural preserve.

The Fier forms most of the commune's north-western border.

History

The city draws its origins from two hamlets: Cran and Gevrier. There are two possible origins for each one of these names:

• Cran which means "notch" (permitted the establishment of a road between Boutae (Annecy) and Aquae (Aix-les-Bains), or between two rivers (river Thiou and river Fier).
• Gevrier, the oldest hamlet, got its name either from the Grabriaccus villa, or from the word "guivre", the name of a mythical snake whose role in tales is to keep treasures (one finds a snake rolled up around a sword on the blazon of the lords of Aléry).

The Romans were the first to settle on the hill. A Roman villa and a theatre were built there.

Partner towns

• Piossasco, Italy
• Trenčín, Slovakia
• Bathgate, Scotland ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ http://e-voice.org.uk/bathgate/
2. ^ http://vincentpacoret.hautetfort.com/archive/2010/06/07/signature-de-la-charte-de-jumelage-entre-cran-gevrier-et-bat.html