Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

Hautecombe Abbey
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

Coordinates: 45°46′35″N 5°48′43″E / 45.7764°N 5.8119°E / 45.7764; 5.8119Coordinates: 45°46′35″N 5°48′43″E / 45.7764°N 5.8119°E / 45.7764; 5.8119
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Chambéry
Canton Ruffieux
Intercommunality Chautagne
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Serge Simondin
Area1 9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 420
  Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 73273 / 73310
Elevation 229–621 m (751–2,037 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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.[1]

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