Aiton, Savoie
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Aiton
|commune status = Commune
|image = Eglise d'Aiton.JPG
|caption = The church in Aiton
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|arrondissement = Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
|canton = Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny
|INSEE = 73007
|postal code = 73220
|term = 2023–2026
|intercommunality = Porte de Maurienne
|coordinates = {{coord|45.5619|6.2592|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 286
|elevation max m = 1009
|area km2 = 16.29
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Aiton is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Geography
Aiton stands at the crossroads of the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys, marking the transition between the foothills of the Combe de Savoie and the Alps proper. The Arc and Isère rivers have their confluence just downstream from Aiton, at the Pont Royal.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-73007#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |412
|1975 |398
|1982 |516
|1990 |564
|1999 |1163
|2007 |1704
|2012 |1745
|2017 |1667
}}
Economy
Aiton hosts the French loading platform for the Alpine rolling highway running under the Mont Cenis Tunnel to Orbassano near Turin.{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Anitra|title=Mont Cenis gauge enhancement spurs intermodal growth|url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/freight/mont-cenis-gauge-enhancement-spurs-intermodal-growth.html|access-date=20 February 2018|language=en-gb}}
It is also home to a prison, opened in July 1992 after serving as press accommodation for the 1992 Winter Olympics.
See also
References
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