Cran-Gevrier, Haute-Savoie Département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
🇫🇷 Cran-Grevier is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. In 2017, it was merged into the commune Annecy.
Geography Cran-Gevrier is in the west 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.
Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
Cran-Gevrier has a population of over 18,264 people. Cran-Gevrier also forms part of the wider Annecy commune which has a population of over 282,319 people. It is also a part of the larger Haute-Savoie Département. Cran-Gevrier is situated 3 km north-west of Annecy.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Cran-Gevrier has links with:
🏴 Bathgate, Scotland 🇮🇹 Piossasco, Italy 🇸🇰 Trenčín, Slovak Republic🇫🇷 Saint-Jean-d'Angély 45.946
🇨🇦 Fredericton 45.95
🇸🇮 Nova Gorica 45.95
🇨🇦 Sainte-Julienne 45.967
🇱🇺 Luxembourg City 6.13
🇱🇺 Luxembourg 6.13
Locations Near: Cran-Gevrier 6.1107,45.9097
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🇫🇷 Albertville 6.381,45.675 d: 33.5
🇫🇷 Le Bourget-du-Lac 5.86,45.648 d: 35
Antipodal to: Cran-Gevrier -173.889,-45.91
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