Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
Commune
Hautecombe Abbey
Hautecombe Abbey
Location of Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
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Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille is located in France
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
Coordinates: 45°46′35″N 5°48′43″E / 45.7764°N 5.8119°E / 45.7764; 5.8119
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementChambéry
CantonBugey savoyard
IntercommunalityCA Grand Lac
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Dillenschneider[1]
Area
1
9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
491
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
73273 /73310
Elevation229–621 m (751–2,037 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is situated near the northwestern shore of Lac du Bourget.

Heritage sites

It is home to a prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlement that is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3] These dwellings, now submerged in the Lac du Bourget, date from the 4th millennium BCE.[4]

The Hautecombe Abbey, situated on the lake shore, has been a classified monument since 1875.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
  4. ^ Base Mérimée: Site archéologique de Hautecombe immergé dans le lac du Bourget, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  5. ^ Base Mérimée: Abbaye de Hautecombe, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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