Cran-Gevrier

Cran-Gevrier

*Kran-Zhèvrî* (Savoyard)
Cran-Gevrier Kran-Zhèvrî (Savoyard)
Part of Annecy
	View of Cran-Gevrier, coming from Annecy
	Coat of arms
	Location of Cran-Gevrier
	Cran-Gevrier Location within France Cran-Gevrier Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
	Coordinates: 45°54′35″N 6°06′39″E / 45.9097°N 06.1107°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Annecy
Canton	Seynod
Commune	Annecy
Area 1	4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Highest elevation	528 m (1,732 ft)
Lowest elevation	396 m (1,299 ft)
Population (2022)	17,985
• Density	3,700/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
Demonym	Cran-Gevriens / Cran-gevriennes
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	74960
Website	Ville-crangevrier.fr
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cran-Gevrier (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃ ʒəvʁije]; Arpitan: Kran-Zhèvrî) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune of Annecy.

Geography

Cran-Gevrier is in the west of Annecy. Part of the town is on a hill (hill of Gevrier). The hamlet of Cran was on the level of the Thiou river. The top of the hill of Gevrier is designated as a natural area.

The Fier forms most of the commune's north-western border.

History

The city draws its origins from two hamlets: Cran and Gevrier. There are two possible origins for each one of these names:

Cran which means "notch" (permitted the establishment of a road between Boutae (Annecy) and Aquae (Aix-les-Bains), or between two rivers (river Thiou and river Fier).
Gevrier, the oldest hamlet, got its name either from the Grabriaccus villa, or from the word "guivre", the name of a mythical snake whose role in tales is to keep treasures (one finds a snake rolled up around a sword on the blazon of the lords of Aléry).

The Romans were the first to settle on the hill. A Roman villa and a theatre were built there.

Partner towns

Piossasco, Italy
Trenčín, Slovakia
Bathgate, Scotland The twinning agreement between Bathgate and Cran-Gevrier was signed in March 2010. Since then, many different projects have been started up, including International Camps for young people (including young Italians from Piossasco) as well as school-to-school projects.