Taninges

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Taninges

|commune status = Commune

|image = 0 Taninges - Village - Pic de Marcelly (1).JPG

|caption = The village and the Pic de Marcelly

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Taninges (Haute-Savoie).svg

|arrondissement = Bonneville

|canton = Cluses

|INSEE = 74276

|postal code = 74440

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|elevation min m = 609

|elevation max m = 2000

|area km2 = 42.66

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Taninges ({{IPA|fr|tanɛ̃ʒ}}) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

File:Mairie de Taninges.JPG

Taninges is a pleasant town of over 3000 people in the French Alps, about 35 km directly east-southeast of Geneva and close to the commune 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.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-74276#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|align = none

|1968 |2109

|1975 |2354

|1982 |2682

|1990 |2791

|1999 |3140

|2007 |3441

|2012 |3404

|2017 |3443

}}

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

References

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