Thorens-Glières
Thorens-Glières | |
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Part of Fillière | |
 The village in 1969 | |
Location of Thorens-Glières  | |
  Thorens-Glières  Thorens-Glières | |
| Coordinates: 45°59′52″N 6°14′52″E / 45.9978°N 6.2478°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Annecy |
| Canton | Annecy-le-Vieux |
| Commune | Fillière |
| Area 1 | 63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 3,263 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 74570 |
| Elevation | 565–2,004 m (1,854–6,575 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Thorens-Glières (French pronunciation: [tɔʁɑ̃ ɡlijɛʁ]) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Fillière.[2] It is the birthplace of St. Francis de Sales.
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[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 May 2016 (in French)
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