Brison-Saint-Innocent

Brison-Saint-Innocent
Commune
Lac de Bourget
Coat of arms
Location of Brison-Saint-Innocent
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Coordinates: 45°43′25″N 5°53′29″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Chambéry
Canton	Aix-les-Bains-1
Intercommunality	CA Grand Lac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Croze[1]
Area ^1	8.75 km^2 (3.38 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,360
• Density	270/km^2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brison-Saint-Innocent is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Chambéry.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,056	—
1975	1,125	+0.91%
1982	1,223	+1.20%
1990	1,445	+2.11%
1999	1,864	+2.87%
2007	2,116	+1.60%
2012	2,175	+0.55%
2017	2,131	−0.41%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Savoie department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Unité urbaine 2020 de Chambéry (73601), INSEE
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

External links

• Official site