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Taninges () is a commune in the 
Taninges is a pleasant town of over 3000 people in the French Alps, about 35 km directly east-southeast of
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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Taninges is a pleasant town of over 3000 people in the French Alps, about 35 km directly east-southeast of Geneva
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and close to the commune of Cluses
Cluses (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
Citizens are known as ''Clusiens''. The commune is situated in the Arve Valley, on the river which bears the same name. Cluse ...
. It dates back to Roman times, and some Roman cobblestone mountain tracks are still in existence.
The town has hotels, restaurants, cinema, municipal campsite, supermarket and petrol station. A river runs through the town, and there are many walking and cycling tracks in the area. There is also a tourist information centre with internet and multi-lingual staff in the centre of the town.
Population
Sites
Taninges is located close to the ski resorts of Le Praz de Lys, Sommand andLes Gets
Les Gets (, ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Savoie, in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, southeastern France.
, popular in the winter.
The Carthusian monastery of Mélan, founded in 1285, is on the southeastern edge of the town.
In the church tower is a carillon, the first in the département of Haute-Savoie, with 40–50 bells together weighing 3 tonnes.
The old bridge (le Vieux pont) in the old town dates from the sixteenth century.
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
Communes of Haute-Savoie {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub