Taninges

Taninges
The village and the Pic de Marcelly The village and the Pic de Marcelly
Coat of arms of Taninges Coat of arms
Taninges
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Taninges
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Bonneville
Canton	Taninges
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Laurat
Area1	42.66 km2 (16.47 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	3,140
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	74276 / 74440
Elevation	609–2,000 m (1,998–6,562 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.

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

File:Mairie de Taninges.JPG

Mairie

Taninges is a pleasant town of over 3000 people in the French Alps, about 45 minutes drive east of Geneva and close to the city of Cluses. It dates back to Roman times, and some Roman cobblestone mountain tracks are still in existence. The town has hotels, restaurants, cinema, municipal campsite, supermarket and petrol station. A river runs through the town, and there are many walking and cycling tracks in the area. There is also a tourist information centre with internet and multi-lingual staff in the centre of the town.

Sites

Taninges is located close to the ski resorts of Le Praz de Lys, Sommand and Les Gets, popular in the winter. The Carthusian monastery of Mélan, founded in 1285, is on the southeastern edge of the town. In the church tower is a carillon, the first in the département of Haute-Savoie, with 40-50 bells together weighing 3 tonnes. The old bridge (le Vieux pont) in the old town dates from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• INSEE