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Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny
Rmiyi (Savoyard)
A view of the Château de Rumilly-sous-Cornillon, in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny
A view of the Château de Rumilly-sous-Cornillon, in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny
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Location of Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny
Location within France
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Coordinates: 46°03′38′′N 6°22′23′′E / 46.0606°N 6.3731°E / 46.0606; 6.3731
CountryFrance
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Bonneville
Canton Bonneville
Intercommunality CC du Pays Rochois
Government
•Mayor (20202026) Marin Gaillard[1]
Area
1
14.91km2 (5.76sqmi)
Population
(2023)[2]
7,865
•Density527.5/km2 (1,366/sqmi)
Demonym Saint-Pierrois / Saint-Pierroise
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
•Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74250 /74800
Elevation433–1,500m (1,421–4,921ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1km2 (0.386sqmi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃pjɛʁɑ̃fosiɲi] ; Savoyard: Rmiyi)[3] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France.

It is located in the historical province of Faucigny in Savoy hence its name. The town was born from the fusion in 1965 of the communes of Passeirier, Saint-Maurice-de-Rumilly and Saint-Pierre-de-Rumilly.

Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny is situated between Bonneville just to the east and La Roche-sur-Foron to the west.

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,468
1975 2,701+1.30%
1982 3,088+1.93%
1990 3,787+2.58%
1999 5,053+3.26%
2007 5,727+1.58%
2012 5,903+0.61%
2017 6,573+2.17%
2023 7,865+3.04%
Source: INSEE[4]

Transport

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The commune has a railway station, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, on the La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line.

Twin towns

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Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny is twinned with Saint-Pierre, Aosta Valley, Italy.

See also

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References

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  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. TERREAUX, Louis (October 2012). Lexique Français - Francoprovençal du nom des communes de Savoie "Lé Kmoune in Savoué" (in French). ISBN 978-2-7466-3902-7.
  4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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