Sevrier (French pronunciation: [səvʁije]; before 2017: Sévrier; Arpitan: Sevrî)[3] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
It is located on the north-western banks of Lake Annecy. It is essentially a residential suburb of Annecy.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 1,790 | — |
1975 | 2,163 | +2.74% |
1982 | 2,465 | +1.88% |
1990 | 2,980 | +2.40% |
1999 | 3,421 | +1.55% |
2007 | 3,855 | +1.50% |
2012 | 4,078 | +1.13% |
2017 | 4,161 | +0.40% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
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.[5]