Sevrier (; before 2017: ''Sévrier''; )
Décret n° 2017-149
7 February 2017 is a commune in the Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...
department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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region
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in south-eastern France
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.
It is located on the north-western banks of Lake Annecy
Lake Annecy (, ) is a perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie in France. It is named after the city of Annecy, which marks the start of the Thiou, Lake Annecy's outflow river.Jean-Daniel Stanley and Thomas F. Jorstad, ''Direct Sediment Dispersal from Moun ...
. It is essentially a residential suburb
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of Annecy
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.
Population
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
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.[UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]
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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 2025):
References
External links
Communes of Haute-Savoie
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