| Sevrier | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  France |
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| Area | 12,65 km² |
| Population | 4 005 hab. (2011) |
| Postal code | 74320 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 45 ° 51 ′ 55 ″ N 6 ° 8 ′ 26 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Sevrier is a locality located on the shores of LakeAnnecy in Haute-Savoie.
Understand
Geography
The center and the various hamlets of the town are established on a narrow strip of land which borders the lake and which widens down towards the south. The minimum altitude of Sevrier is that of Lake Annecy, i.e. 440 meters. The village is located a few meters higher at 456 meters, but the highest point of the town is for its part at the top of Semnoz at 1,287 meters.
Story
Sevrier was already known in the Gallo-Roman era. A Roman road, which led fromAnnecy To Faverges, crossed it unless it was a secondary route via the Col de Leschaux joining Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny. These assumptions are based on the discovery in 1816 of a milestone (dated 307) at a place called Létraz.
The church of Sevrier, which is located on the Place de l'Eglise, dates from 1877, it has a neo-Gothic style. The priory is a construction which touches the church. The town hall which also served as a school was built in 1948.
The priory, bought by the municipality, houses on the ground floor the company of Strapontins and the Dauphiné-Savoie mycological and botanical federation. On the first floor, the rooms host painting or sculpture exhibitions as well as various events.
The Paccard bell foundry, founded in 1796, moved to Sevrier in 1989. Each year, several hundred bells intended for the whole world leave the workshops, 70% of which are for export. Since the start of the company, more than 80,000 bells have been melted down. On the Town Hall Square is a large ball of 39.64 tons, three meters in diameter. This block of Combloux granite was carved in the mass by M. Tunetti from 1965 to 1968.
To go
By train
The closest line is the line Aix les Bains - Annemasse and the nearest station the station ofAnnecy located half a dozen kilometers from the center of Sevrier.
This station provides direct connections to Paris by TGV and some Corail at night, and to Chambery, Grenoble, Valence, Lyon, Evian and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains by TER Rhône-Alpes.
By car
The town of Sevrier is located on the axis Annecy - Albertville materialized by the departmental road RD 1508. This road constituting the only direct axis of the country from Faverges to Annecy by the western shore of the lake, traffic is generally dense and many traffic jams are created, especially at rush hour. A tunnel project under the Semnoz has also been studied for twenty years in an attempt to reduce the traffic.
Motorway level, the nearest motorway is theA41 North connecting Grenoble To Geneva via Annecy. The closest exit is exit 16 Annecy Sud located about ten kilometers away and allowing you to reach in particular the Swiss, the'Italy by Chamonix and the Arve valley, Aix-les-Bains, Chambéry then Lyon and Grenoble.
Circulate
To see
- 1 Paccard Museum – Exhibition of tools, bells and photos retracing the history of the Paccard foundry.
- Lake Annecy Ecomuseum – An unusual trip to the Savoy Alps of the 19th centurye century.
- Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption – The new neo-Gothic style building was built according to the plans of the self-taught Maurienne architect Théodore Fivel (1828-1894), in 1876. It was consecrated in 1881.
- Saint-Tremeur Chapel – Gothic style from the end of the 15th century, listed ISMH, bell of 80 kg installed in July 2010.
- Létraz Chapel – Chapel from 1837.
Do
To buy
Eat
- The Bistrot du Port
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
- 1 Heart of the lake – Camping.
