Salins-Fontaine
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Albertville | |
| Canton | Moûtiers | |
| Community association | Coeur de Tarentaise | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 28 ' N , 6 ° 32' E | |
| height | 469-1,672 m | |
| surface | 8.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,011 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 117 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73600 | |
| INSEE code | 73284 | |
| Website | http://www.salinsfontaine.fr/ | |
Salins-Fontaine is a French commune with 1,011 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Albertville and the Canton of Moûtiers .
Geographical location
Salins-Fontaine is located around 27 kilometers south-southeast of Albertville in the Tarentaise and on the Doron de Bozel , which together with the Doron de Belleville forms the southern municipal boundary. Salins-Fontaine is surrounded by the neighboring communities
- Grand-Aigueblanche with Le Bois in the north-west,
- Moûtiers in the northeast,
- Feissons-sur-Salins in the east,
- Les Belleville in the south,
- Saint-Jean-de-Belleville to the west and south-west.
history
On January 1, 2016, Salins-Fontaine was formed as a Commune nouvelle from the previously independent municipalities of Salins-les-Thermes and Fontaine-le-Puits .
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-le-Puits | 73115 | 4.47 | 124 |
| Salins-les-Thermes (administrative headquarters) | 73284 | 4.17 | 884 |
Attractions
- Saint-Maurice Church
- Chapel of Saint-Roch at Les Frasses
- Salins Castle (also: Melphe Castle)
- Salins thermal baths
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the former French village of La Graverie (today the municipality of Souleuvre en Bocage ) in the Calvados department.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016