Passy, Haute-Savoie

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Passy

(2020–2026) Raphaël Castéra^[1]Area

80.03 km² (30.90 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

11,068 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)DemonymPasserand / PasserandeTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

74208 /74190

Elevation542–2,880 m (1,778–9,449 ft)Websitewww.ville-passy-mont-blanc.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Passy (French pronunciation: [pasi] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches.^[3]

Located there is the Sancellemoz sanatorium, where Professor Marie Curie died in 1934.

Lac Vert is located in the commune. The commune has a railway station, Chedde, on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line.

Demographics

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,891	—
1975	8,554	−0.55%
1982	8,722	+0.28%
1990	9,235	+0.72%
1999	10,104	+1.00%
2007	11,144	+1.23%
2012	11,214	+0.13%
2017	10,902	−0.56%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Unité urbaine 2020 de Sallanches (00465), INSEE
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE