Cran-Gevrier
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 View of Cran-Gevrier, coming from Annecy | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Cran-Gevrier  | |
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| Coordinates: 45°54′35″N 6°06′39″E / 45.9097°N 06.1107°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Annecy |
| Canton | Seynod |
| Area 1 | 4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | 17,257 |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 139,693 |
| Demonym | Cran-Gevriens / Cran-gevriennes |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74093 /74960 |
| Elevation | 396–528 m (1,299–1,732 ft) |
| Website | Ville-crangevrier.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cran-Grevier is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Annecy.[1]
Geography
Cran-Gevrier is in the east of Annecy. Part of the town is on a hill (hill of Gevrier). The hamlet of Cran was on the level of the Thiou river. The top of the hill of Gevrier is designated as a natural area.
The Fier forms most of the commune's north-western border.
History
The city draws its origins from two hamlets: Cran and Gevrier. There are two possible origins for each one of these names:
- Cran which means "notch" (permitted the establishment of a road between Boutae (Annecy) and Aquae (Aix-les-Bains), or between two rivers (river Thiou and river Fier).
- Gevrier, the oldest hamlet, got its name either from the Grabriaccus villa, or from the word "guivre", the name of a mythical snake whose role in tales is to keep treasures (one finds a snake rolled up around a sword on the blazon of the lords of Aléry).
The Romans were the first to settle on the hill. A Roman villa and a theatre were built there.
Partner towns
Piossasco, Italy
Trenčín, Slovakia[2]
Bathgate, Scotland [3] [4] The twinning agreement between Bathgate and Cran-Gevrier was signed in March 2010. Since then, many different projects have been started up, including International Camps for young people (including young Italians from Piossasco) as well as school-to-school projects.
See also
References
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