Sévrier

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Sevrier
The Town Hall Square in Sévrier
The Town Hall Square in Sévrier
Coat of arms of Sevrier
Coat of arms
Sevrier is located in France
Sevrier
Sevrier
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Location within Rhône-Alpes region
Sevrier is located in Rhône-Alpes
Sevrier
Sevrier
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Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Annecy
Canton Seynod
Intercommunality Lac d'Annecy
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Pierre Hérisson
Area1 12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 4,099
 • Density 320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone CET (GMT +1)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sevrier is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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

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Geographical features around Lake Annecy

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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