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Collonges-sous-Salève


FieldValue
nameCollonges-sous-Salève
native namefrp
commune statusCommune
imageCollonges-sous-Salève.jpg
captionSaint-Martin church in Collonges-sous-Salève
image coat of armsBlason ville fr Collonges-sous-Salèves.svg
arrondissementSaint-Julien-en-Genevois
cantonSaint-Julien-en-Genevois
INSEE74082
postal code74160
mayorVincent Lecaque
term2022–2026
intercommunalityCC du Genevois
coordinates
elevation min m466
elevation max m1301
area km26.13
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Collonges-sous-Salèves.svg

Collonges-sous-Salève (, literally Collonges under Salève; ), popularly known as Collonges, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located on the Swiss border, between Geneva to the north and Mont Salève to the south, after which it is named.

History

The name of Collonges (from the Latin colonica) designates a colony of farmers situated on land granted, along with certain liberties, by the land owner. The town dates from the 4th or 5th century. The modern commune has its roots in the Ancien Régime, arising out of a parish whose existence is recorded from the 12th century.

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) and singer Giuseppina Strepponi (1815–1897) were married in secret in the parish church of Collonges-sous-Salève, which then laid in the territory of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. Collonges-sous-Salève is also the town of origin of the ancestors of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937).

Although the town, as well as Haute Savoie generally, is traditionally Catholic, Collonges-sous-Salève is the location of Adventist University of France – Collonges and Maurice-Tièche comprehensive school, both owned by the Seventh-day Adventist church.

Population

|1968 |1712 |1975 |2319 |1982 |2519 |1990 |2696 |1999 |3120 |2007 |3569 |2012 |3887 |2017 |3979 |2020|3973

References

References

  1. (4 May 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
  2. Milza, Pierre, ''Verdi et son temps'', Perrin, Paris, 2001, p. 286, {{ISBN. 2-262-01619-4.
  3. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-74082#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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