Tresserve

Tresserve

The road into Tresserve, alongside the Bourget lake

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Tresserve

Coordinates: 45°40′27″N 5°54′00″E / 45.6742°N 5.9°E / 45.6742; 5.9Coordinates: 45°40′27″N 5°54′00″E / 45.6742°N 5.9°E / 45.6742; 5.9
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Chambéry
Canton Aix-les-Bains-Sud
Intercommunality Lac du Bourget
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Claude Loiseau
Area1 2.77 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 3,303
  Density 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
  Urban 54,409
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 73300 / 73100
Elevation 228–331 m (748–1,086 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tresserve is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Tresserve is twinned with:

See also

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]

Panoramic sight of Tresserve.
Tresserve town hall

References

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