Saint-Laurent (Haute-Savoie)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute-Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville | |
| Canton | La Roche-sur-Foron | |
| Community association | Pays Rochois | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 22' E | |
| height | 520-1,809 m | |
| surface | 10.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 836 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 76 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 74800 | |
| INSEE code | 74244 | |
Saint-Laurent is a French commune in the department of Haute-Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
Saint-Laurent is located at 659 m , east of La Roche-sur-Foron , about 25 kilometers south-east of the city of Geneva (as the crow flies). The village extends from a panoramic location on a terrace on the lower northern slope of the Sur Cou (mountain peak of the Bornes Alps ), above the broad valley of the Arve , in the Pays Rochois.
The area of the 10.96 square kilometer municipal area covers a section of the northern Bornes Alps. The main settlement area is the approximately one kilometer wide terrace of Saint-Laurent (located around 200 m above the Arve valley). From here the community area extends southwards over a steep, densely wooded slope to the limestone peaks of Pointe de la Dent ( 1593 m ) and Sur Cou (at 1809 m the highest point in Saint-Laurent). In the east, the Borne river, which breaks through the northernmost chain of the Bornes Alps in the Gorges d'Eveaux , forms the municipal boundary .
In addition to the actual village, several hamlet settlements belong to Saint-Laurent, namely (from west to east, all on the terrace):
- Mornex ( 650 m )
- Sonnex ( 675 m )
- Moussy ( 680 m )
Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Laurent are Amancy and Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny in the north, Glières-Val-de-Borne and La Roche-sur-Foron in the south and Saint-Sixt in the west.
history
The municipality of Saint-Laurent was already settled in the Neolithic . The parish of Saint-Laurent has existed since 1152.
Attractions
The village church received its present form in the 19th century. Ruins have been preserved from the 11th century medieval Cornillon Castle.
population
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 324 |
| 1968 | 287 |
| 1975 | 299 |
| 1982 | 341 |
| 1990 | 430 |
| 1999 | 603 |
| 2005 | 731 |
With 836 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Saint-Laurent is one of the small communities in the Haute-Savoie department. In the first half of the 20th century, the population decreased continuously (1901 Saint-Laurent still had 590 inhabitants). Since the beginning of the 1980s, however, a significant population growth has been recorded again.
Economy and Infrastructure
Saint-Laurent is still today a predominantly agricultural village. There are also some local small businesses and some tourist facilities. Some of the workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and in the Geneva-Annemasse area.
The village is off the main thoroughfares, but can be easily reached from La Roche-sur-Foron and Bonneville . The closest connection to the A40 motorway is around seven kilometers away. Saint-Laurent had a train station on the Aix-les-Bains – Annemasse line .
