Cruseilles (French pronunciation: [kʁyzɛj]; Arpitan: Corzelyes; Savoyard dialect: Croueselyes) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
Cruseilles
Corzelyes (Arpitan) | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Église Saint-Maurice | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Cruseilles  | |
  Cruseilles  Cruseilles | |
| Coordinates: 46°02′06″N 6°06′30″E / 46.035°N 6.1083°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois |
| Canton | La Roche-sur-Foron |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvie Mermillod[1] |
Area 1 | 25.41 km2 (9.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,723 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74096 /74350 |
| Elevation | 450–1,352 m (1,476–4,436 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cruseilles is on the A41 autoroute, 12 km (7.4 mi) south-southeast of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,610 | — |
| 1975 | 1,837 | 1.90% |
| 1982 | 2,300 | 3.26% |
| 1990 | 2,716 | 2.10% |
| 1999 | 3,186 | 1.79% |
| 2007 | 3,615 | 1.59% |
| 2012 | 4,103 | 2.56% |
| 2017 | 4,431 | 1.55% |
| 2020 | 4,665 | 1.73% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Notable people
editCruseilles is notable as the birthplace of Louis Armand (1905–1971), who served as president of the SNCF and later of Euratom, was a Resistance officer in World War II, before he was elected to the Académie Française in 1963.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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