Sevrier

Sevrier (French pronunciation: [səvʁije]; before 2017: Sévrier; Arpitan: Sevrî)^[3] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Sevrier
Commune
The Town Hall Square in Sevrier
Coat of arms
Location of Sevrier
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Coordinates: 45°51′55″N 6°08′26″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Annecy
Canton	Annecy-2
Intercommunality	CA Grand Annecy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Lyonnaz[1]
Area 1	12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,324
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	74267 /74320
Elevation	440–1,287 m (1,444–4,222 ft) (avg. 456 m or 1,496 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located on the north-western banks of Lake Annecy. It is essentially a residential suburb of Annecy.

Geographical features around Lake Annecy

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,790	—
1975	2,163	+2.74%
1982	2,465	+1.88%
1990	2,980	+2.40%
1999	3,421	+1.55%
2007	3,855	+1.50%
2012	4,078	+1.13%
2017	4,161	+0.40%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department