1. Geography

2. History

3. Partner towns

4. See also

5. References

Geography

Cran-Gevrier is in the west of Annecy. Part of the town is on a hill (hill of Gevrier). The hamlet of Cran was on the level of the Thiou river. The top of the hill of Gevrier is designated as a natural area.

The Fier forms most of the commune's north-western border.

History

The city draws its origins from two hamlets: Cran and Gevrier. There are two possible origins for each one of these names:

• Cran which means "notch" (permitted the establishment of a road between Boutae (Annecy) and Aquae (Aix-les-Bains), or between two rivers (river Thiou and river Fier).
• Gevrier, the oldest hamlet, got its name either from the Grabriaccus villa, or from the word "guivre", the name of a mythical snake whose role in tales is to keep treasures (one finds a snake rolled up around a sword on the blazon of the lords of Aléry).

The Romans were the first to settle on the hill. A Roman villa and a theatre were built there.

Partner towns

• {{Flagicon|Italy}} Piossasco, Italy
• {{Flagicon|Slovakia}} Trenčín, Slovakia^[2]
• {{Flagicon|Scotland}} Bathgate, Scotland ^[3][4] The twinning agreement between Bathgate and Cran-Gevrier was signed in March 2010. Since then, many different projects have been started up, including International Camps for young people (including young Italians from Piossasco) as well as school-to-school projects.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• DeFelice, Jonathan
• De fem världsdelarna (The Five Continents)
• Defena
• Defence (1735 EIC ship)
• Defence (1803 ship)
• Defence Abuse Response Taskforce
• Defence Act 1990
• Defence Act of 1925 (Sweden)
• Defence Act of 1936 (Sweden)
• Defence Act of 2000 (Sweden)
• Defence Act (Sweden)
• Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa
• Defence and Citizenship Day (France)
• Defence and Security Organisation
• Defence Armament Depot
• Defence Assistance Organisation
• Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering
• Defence College of Communications and Information Systems
• Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering
• Defence College of Management and Technology
• Defence College of Policing and Guarding
• Defence Command (disambiguation)
• Defence Command (Finland)
• Defence Committee (Australia)
• Defence Committee (disambiguation)