Login
Login

Cran-Gevrier

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Cran-Gevrier

|image = Entrée ville de Cran-Gevrier.JPG

|caption = View of Cran-Gevrier, coming from Annecy

|image coat of arms = Blason Cran-Gevrier.JPG

|arrondissement = Annecy

|canton = Seynod

|commune = Annecy

|INSEE = 74093

|postal code = 74960

|coordinates = {{coord|45.9097|06.1107|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 396

|elevation max m = 528

|area km2 = 4.8

|population = 17985

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}

|demonym = Cran-Gevriens / Cran-gevriennes

|website = [http://www.ville-crangevrier.fr Ville-crangevrier.fr]

}}

Cran-Gevrier ({{IPA|fr|kʁɑ̃ ʒəvʁije}}; {{langx|frp|Kran-Zhèvrî}}) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Annecy.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/7/14/INTB1622452A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 14 July 2016 {{in lang|fr}}

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.

Partner towns

  • {{Flagicon|Italy}} Piossasco, Italy
  • {{Flagicon|Slovakia}} Trenčín, Slovakia{{cite web|title=Partner cities|url=http://www.trencin.sk/en/partnerske_mesta|accessdate=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806120451/http://www.trencin.sk/en/partnerske_mesta|archive-date=6 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • {{Flagicon|Scotland}} Bathgate, Scotland{{Cite web|url=http://e-voice.org.uk/bathgate/|title=Voice Online Communities | Community Unavailable|access-date=2010-06-20|archive-date=2011-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221084739/http://e-voice.org.uk/bathgate/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://vincentpacoret.hautetfort.com/archive/2010/06/07/signature-de-la-charte-de-jumelage-entre-cran-gevrier-et-bat.html |title=Signature de la charte de jumelage à Bathgate : Vincent PACORET - Cran-Gevrier, Canton de Seynod |access-date=2010-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711150141/http://vincentpacoret.hautetfort.com/archive/2010/06/07/signature-de-la-charte-de-jumelage-entre-cran-gevrier-et-bat.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }} The twinning agreement between Bathgate and Cran-Gevrier was signed in March 2010. Since then, many different projects have been started up, including International Camps for young people (including young Italians from Piossasco) as well as school-to-school projects.

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{commons category}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crangevrier}}

Category:Former communes of Haute-Savoie

Category:Populated places disestablished in 2017

{{HauteSavoie-geo-stub}}