Servoz

Servoz (pronunciation: Servo) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Servoz
The church in Servoz
Location of Servoz
Servoz
Servoz
Coordinates: 45°55′57″N 6°45′46″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
ArrondissementBonneville
CantonLe Mont-Blanc
IntercommunalityVallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Nicolas Évrard
Area
1
13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
999
  Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74266 /74310
Elevation758–2,324 m (2,487–7,625 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Servous has a railway station on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway and the section from Les Houches to Servos holds the world record gradient for an adhesion railway at a 9% gradient over a distance of 2,000 m (6,562 ft).

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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