Cran-Grevier is a former
commune
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in the
Haute-Savoie
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department in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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in south-eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune
Annecy.
Geography
Cran-Gevrier is in the west of
Annecy. Part of the town 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 area.
The
Fier
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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
Aix-les-Bains (, ; frp, Èx-los-Bens; la, Aquae Gratianae), locally simply Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie. ), 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
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were the first to settle on the hill. A Roman villa and a theatre were built there.
Partner towns
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Piossasco,
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Trenčín
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,
Slovakia
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Bathgate
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,
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The twinning agreement between Bathgate and Cran-Gevrier was signed in March 2010. Since then, many different projects have been started up, including International Camps for young people (including young Italians from
Piossasco) as well as school-to-school projects.
See also
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Communes of the Haute-Savoie department
The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haute-Savoie.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
Former communes of Haute-Savoie
Populated places disestablished in 2017
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