Taninges () is a
commune
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in the
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is Ann ...
department in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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in south-eastern
France
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.
Taninges is a pleasant town of over 3000 people in the French Alps, about 35 km directly east-southeast of
Geneva
, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier
, website = https://www.geneve.ch/
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
and close to the
commune
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of
Cluses
Cluses (; frp, Clluses) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
Citizens are known as ''Clusiens''. The commune is situated in the Arve Valley, on the river which bears the same ...
. It dates back to Roman times, and some Roman cobblestone mountain tracks are still in existence.
The town has hotels, restaurants, cinema, municipal campsite, supermarket and petrol station. A river runs through the town, and there are many walking and cycling tracks in the area. There is also a tourist information centre with internet and multi-lingual staff in the centre of the town.
Sites
Taninges is located close to the ski resorts of Le Praz de Lys, Sommand and
Les Gets
Les Gets () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in south-eastern France.
The village's first single-person chair lift was opened in 1938 wi ...
, popular in the winter.
The Carthusian monastery of Mélan, founded in 1285, is on the southeastern edge of the town.
In the church tower is a carillon, the first in the département of Haute-Savoie, with 40–50 bells together weighing 3 tonnes.
The old bridge (le Vieux pont) in the old town dates from the sixteenth century.
See also
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Communes of the Haute-Savoie department
The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haute-Savoie.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
Communes of Haute-Savoie
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