Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

(2020–2026) Gérard Dillenschneider^[1]Area

9.75 km² (3.76 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

491 • Density50/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

73273 /73310

Elevation229–621 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.

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.

Heritage sites

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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
^ Base Mérimée: Site archéologique de Hautecombe immergé dans le lac du Bourget, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ Base Mérimée: Abbaye de Hautecombe, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)