Thorens-Glières

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The village in 1969
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Thorens-Glières
Coordinates: 45°59′52″N6°14′52″E / 45.9978°N 6.2478°E / 45.9978; 6.2478
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Annecy
Canton Annecy-le-Vieux
Commune Fillière
Area
1
63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [1]
3,315
  Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
74570
Elevation565–2,004 m (1,854–6,575 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thorens-Glières (French pronunciation: [tɔʁɑ̃ɡlijɛʁ] ) 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 new commune Fillière. [2] It is the birthplace of St. Francis de Sales.

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References

  1. "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022](PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 27 May 2016 (in French)