Porte-de-Savoie

Porte-de-Savoie (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də savwa]) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Les Marches (the seat) and Francin.^[3]

Porte-de-Savoie
Commune
Les Marches in winter.
Location of Porte-de-Savoie
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Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 6°00′06″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Chambéry
Canton	Montmélian
Intercommunality	Cœur de Savoie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck Villand[1]
Area 1	22.28 km2 (8.60 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,944
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	73151 /73800
Dialling codes	0479
Elevation	244–1,130 m (801–3,707 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,417	—
1975	1,521	+1.02%
1982	1,800	+2.44%
1990	1,982	+1.21%
1999	2,821	+4.00%
2007	3,305	+2.00%
2012	3,379	+0.44%
2017	3,680	+1.72%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Savoie department