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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is situated near the northwestern shore of Lac du Bourget.
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille | |
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Coordinates: 45°46′35″N 5°48′43″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Savoie |
Arrondissement | Chambéry |
Canton | Bugey savoyard |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Lac |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Dillenschneider[1] |
Area 1 | 9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 491 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
It is home to a prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlement that is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3] These dwellings, now submerged in the Lac du Bourget, date from the 4th millennium BCE.[4]
The Hautecombe Abbey, situated on the lake shore, has been a classified monument since 1875.[5]