Seyssel, Haute-Savoie

Seyssel
The village seen from the West
Location of Seyssel
Seyssel
Seyssel
Coordinates: 45°57′35″N 5°50′14″E / 45.9597°N 5.8372°E / 45.9597; 5.8372
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
ArrondissementSaint-Julien-en-Genevois
CantonSaint-Julien-en-Genevois
IntercommunalityCC Usses et Rhône
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Lambert[1]
Area
1
16.86 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
2,327
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74269 /74910
Elevation250–937 m (820–3,074 ft)
(avg. 265 m or 869 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Seyssel (French pronunciation: [sɛsɛl]; Arpitan: Sèssél) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

The part of the town across the Rhône is also named Seyssel but located on the western bank of the Rhône in the Ain department. It is a rare case in France of two homonymous communes adjacent to each other, similar to the situation of the village of Saint-Santin, divided between the communes of Saint-Santin (Aveyron) and Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (Cantal).

Geography

The Fier forms most of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Rhône, which forms the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,717—    
1975 1,725+0.07%
1982 1,558−1.44%
1990 1,630+0.57%
1999 1,793+1.06%
2007 2,069+1.81%
2012 2,295+2.09%
2017 2,325+0.26%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE