Sevrier

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Bruno Lyonnaz^[1]Area12.65 km² (4.88 sq mi)Population4,156 • Density330/km² (850/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation440–1,287 m (1,444–4,222 ft)
(avg. 456 m or 1,496 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sevrier (French pronunciation: [səvʁije]; before 2017: Sévrier; Arpitan: Sevrî)^[3] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It is located on the north-western banks of Lake Annecy. It is essentially a residential suburb of Annecy.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,790	—
1975	2,163	+2.74%
1982	2,465	+1.88%
1990	2,980	+2.40%
1999	3,421	+1.55%
2007	3,855	+1.50%
2012	4,078	+1.13%
2017	4,161	+0.40%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References