Collonges-sous-Salève

Collonges-sous-Salève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located very close to Geneva, Switzerland. Its population is about 3000 (1998). The name of Collonges (from the Latin colonica) designates a colony of farmers situated on land granted, along with certain liberties, by the land owner. The town dates from the fourth or fifth century. The modern commune has its roots in the Ancien Régime, arising out of a parish whose existence is recorded from the twelfth century.

Collonges-sous-Salève
Commune
The church in Collonges-sous-Salève
Coat of arms
Location of Collonges-sous-Salève
Collonges-sous-Salève
Collonges-sous-Salève
Coordinates: 46°08′31″N 6°08′45″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
ArrondissementSaint-Julien-en-Genevois
CantonSaint-Julien-en-Genevois
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Genevois
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Georges Etallaz
Area
1
6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,979
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74082 /74160
Elevation466–1,301 m (1,529–4,268 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi and the singer Giuseppina Strepponi were married in secret in the parish church of Collonges-sous-Salève which then lay in the territory of the Kingdom of Piedmont.[2] Collonges-sous-Salève was also the ancestral town of the ancestors of the French composer, Maurice Ravel.

Although the town, and Haute Savoie generally, is traditionally Catholic, Collonges-sous-Salève is the location of Adventist University of France – Collonges and Maurice-Tièche comprehensive school, both owned by the Seventh-day Adventist church.

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References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Milza, Pierre, Verdi et son temps, Perrin, Paris, 2001, p. 286, ISBN 2-262-01619-4.


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