Val-de-Fier (, literally ''Vale of
Fier
Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri) is the seventh most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Fier County and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the Myzeqe Plain between the Seman in the north, the Vjos ...
'') is a former
commune
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in the
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is Ann ...
department in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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in south-eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Vallières-sur-Fier.
Arrêté préfectoral
7 May 2018 Its nearest town is Rumilly.
Geography
The Fier
Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri) is the seventh most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Fier County and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the Myzeqe Plain between the Seman in the north, the Vjos ...
forms most of the commune's south-western border.
History
Val-de-Fier was formed in 1973 from two different villages : ''Sion'' and ''Saint-André''.
Population
*1962 : 238 inhabitants.
*1968 : 266 inhabitants.
*1975 : 256 inhabitants.
*1982 : 296 inhabitants.
*1990 : 317 inhabitants.
*1999 : 389 inhabitants.
*2006 : 513 inhabitants.
Mayors
*Before 1991: Louis Dumont
*1991 - 2001: Paul Terrier
*Since 2001: Maurice Popp
See also
*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 2019
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