Thorens-Glières

Thorens-Glières
Part of Fillière
The village in 1969
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Coordinates: 45°59′52″N 6°14′52″E / 45.9978°N 6.2478°E / 45.9978; 6.2478Coordinates: 45°59′52″N 6°14′52″E / 45.9978°N 6.2478°E / 45.9978; 6.2478
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Annecy
Canton	Annecy-le-Vieux
Commune	Fillière
Area 1	63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	3,203
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	74570
Elevation	565–2,004 m (1,854–6,575 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thorens-Glières is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Fillière.^[2] It is the birthplace of St. Francis de Sales.

Notable people[]

• Nedd Willard

See also[]

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References[]

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