Servoz
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Servoz (Franco-Provençal pronunciation: [ˈsɛr.vo]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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The church in Servoz | |
Coordinates: 45°55′57″N 6°45′46″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Haute-Savoie |
Arrondissement | Bonneville |
Canton | Le Mont-Blanc |
Intercommunality | Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Nicolas Évrard[1] |
Area 1 | 13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,082 |
• Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 74266 /74310 |
Elevation | 758–2,324 m (2,487–7,625 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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Servoz has a railway station on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway and the section between Les Houches and Servoz holds the world record gradient for an adhesion railway at a 9% gradient over a distance of 2,000 m (6,562 ft).