Aiguebelette-le-Lac
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Aiguebelette-le-Lac | |
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Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Savoie |
Arrondissement | Chambéry |
Canton | Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin |
Intercommunality | Lac d'Aiguebelette |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jeannine Cerceau |
Area 1 | 7.91 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | 229 |
• Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
Demonym | Aiguebelettois |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 73001 /73610 |
Elevation | 372–1,360 m (1,220–4,462 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Aiguebelette-le-Lac is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is named after the Lac d'Aiguebelette, one of the largest natural lakes of France.
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 World Heritage Site.[1]
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References
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