Taninges
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Taninges
Tanyinzhe (Savoyard) | |
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.JPG) The village and the Pic de Marcelly | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Taninges | |
  Taninges  Taninges | |
| Coordinates: 46°06′29″N 6°35′32″E / 46.1081°N 6.5922°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Cluses |
Area 1 | 42.66 km2 (16.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 3,491 |
| • Density | 81.83/km2 (211.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74276 /74440 |
| Elevation | 609–2,000 m (1,998–6,562 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Taninges (French pronunciation: [tanɛ̃ʒ]; Savoyard: Tanyinzhe)[2] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Taninges is a pleasant town of over 3000 people in the French Alps, about 35 km directly east-southeast of Geneva and close to the commune of Cluses. It dates back to Roman times, and some Roman cobblestone mountain tracks are still in existence. The town has hotels, restaurants, cinema, municipal campsite, supermarket and petrol station. A river runs through the town, and there are many walking and cycling tracks in the area. There is also a tourist information centre with internet and multi-lingual staff in the centre of the town.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,109 | — |
| 1975 | 2,354 | +1.58% |
| 1982 | 2,682 | +1.88% |
| 1990 | 2,791 | +0.50% |
| 1999 | 3,140 | +1.32% |
| 2007 | 3,441 | +1.15% |
| 2012 | 3,404 | −0.22% |
| 2017 | 3,443 | +0.23% |
| 2023 | 3,491 | +0.23% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
