Mont-Saxonnex

Mont-Saxonnex (; Savoyard: L Mon) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

== Toponymy == Mont-Saxonnex (pronounced Saxonney) is said to take its name from mons saxorum nigrorum, meaning "mountain of black rocks." Legend has it that a fire in the Middle Ages lasted seven years, turning the rocks as black as coal. Another explanation attributes the name to a Roman named Sersunay. Saxonnex could also come from an Indo-European legend involving Neptune (nay). This legend relates that the region was saved from the overflowing of Lake Bénit by a procession of priests who circled it three times.