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Thorens-Glières
Sign in to saveThorens-Glières (; Savoyard: Torin) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Fillière. It is the birthplace of St. Francis de Sales.
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cached 1730h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Fillière
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,829
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Thorens-Glières
- French commune.image
- Buildings_facing_main_square_in_Thorens-Glières,_France,_in_1969.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The village in 1969
- French commune.arrondissement
- Annecy
- French commune.canton
- Annecy-le-Vieux
- French commune.commune
- Fillière
- French commune.INSEE
- 74282
- French commune.postal code
- 74570
- French commune.elevation min m
- 565
- French commune.elevation max m
- 2004
- French commune.area km2
- 63.05
- French commune.population
- 3315
- French commune.population date
- 2022
- French commune.native name
- Torin (Savoyard)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Thorens
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Canton of Thorens-Glières
- Population
- 3223
- Area
- 63.05
- Elevation
- 1175
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Canton of Thorens-Glières
- Shares border with
- La Roche-sur-Foron
- Official website
- www.thorens-glieres.fr
- Image
- Sts Maurice and Francis church in Thorens-Glieres 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Thorens-Glières
- postal code
- 74570
- replaced by
- Fillière
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Annecy-3
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Thorens-Glières (; Savoyard: Torin) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Fillière. It is the birthplace of St. Francis de Sales.
==Notable people== Nedd Willard
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thorens-Glières” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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