Servoz

Servoz
Commune
The church in Servoz
Servoz
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Servoz
Coordinates: 45°55′57″N 6°45′46″E / 45.9325°N 6.7628°E / 45.9325; 6.7628Coordinates: 45°55′57″N 6°45′46″E / 45.9325°N 6.7628°E / 45.9325; 6.7628
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Bonneville
Canton Le Mont-Blanc
Intercommunality SIVOM Pays du Mont-Blanc
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Nicolas Évrard
Area1 13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 965
  Density 72/km2 (190/sq mi)
  Urban 60,234
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 74266 /74310
Elevation 758–2,324 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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).


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