Chindrieux

Chindrieux
Commune
The Château de Châtillon, in Chindrieux
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 5°51′00″E / 45.821667°N 05.85°E / 45.821667; 05.85Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 5°51′00″E / 45.821667°N 05.85°E / 45.821667; 05.85
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Chambéry
Canton	Bugey savoyard
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claire Barbier[1]
Area 1	16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,382
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	73085 /73310
Elevation	227–900 m (745–2,953 ft) (avg. 284 m or 932 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chindrieux (French pronunciation: ​[ʃɛ̃dʁijø]) is commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It lies near Lake Bourget.

World heritage site[]

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[3]

See also[]

• Communes of the Savoie department

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