Brison-Saint-Innocent

Brison-Saint-Innocent

Lac de Bourget

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Brison-Saint-Innocent

Coordinates: 45°43′25″N 5°53′29″E / 45.7236°N 5.8914°E / 45.7236; 5.8914Coordinates: 45°43′25″N 5°53′29″E / 45.7236°N 5.8914°E / 45.7236; 5.8914
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Chambéry
Canton Aix-les-Bains-Nord-Grésy
Intercommunality Lac du Bourget
Government
  Mayor (20082014) François Hervé
Area1 8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,165
  Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
  Urban 54,409
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 73059 / 73100
Elevation 228–840 m (748–2,756 ft)
Website www.brison-st-innocent.fr

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Brison-Saint-Innocent is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

World heritage site

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.[1]

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