Seyssel, Haute-Savoie

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Seyssel

(2020–2026) Gérard Lambert^[1]Area

16.86 km² (6.51 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,342 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

74269 /74910

Elevation250–937 m (820–3,074 ft)
(avg. 265 m or 869 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Seyssel (French pronunciation: [sɛsɛl]; Arpitan: Sèssél) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

The part of the town across the Rhône is also named Seyssel but located on the western bank of the Rhône in the Ain department. It is a rare case in France of two homonymous communes adjacent to each other, similar to the situation of the village of Saint-Santin, divided between the communes of Saint-Santin (Aveyron) and Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (Cantal).

Geography

The Fier forms most of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Rhône, which forms the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,717	—
1975	1,725	+0.07%
1982	1,558	−1.44%
1990	1,630	+0.57%
1999	1,793	+1.06%
2007	2,069	+1.81%
2012	2,295	+2.09%
2017	2,325	+0.26%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE