Val-de-Fier (, literally ''Vale of
Fier
Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri, Latin: ''Fierum'') 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 ...
'') is a former
commune in the
Haute-Savoie
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department in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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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
Vallières-sur-Fier (, literally ''Vallières on Fier'') is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France
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.
Arrêté préfectoral
7 May 2018 Its nearest town is Rumilly.
Geography
The Fier
Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri, Latin: ''Fierum'') 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 ...
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 2025):
References
Former communes of Haute-Savoie
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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