Seyssel | ||
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Town center seen from Seyssel, Haute-Savoie
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Coordinates: 45°58′00″N 5°50′00″E / 45.9667°N 5.8333°ECoordinates: 45°58′00″N 5°50′00″E / 45.9667°N 5.8333°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Ain | |
Arrondissement | Belley | |
Canton | Hauteville-Lompnes | |
Intercommunality | Pays de Seyssel | |
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• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Paul Granchamp | |
Area1 | 2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi) | |
Population (2014)2 | 981 | |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 01407 /01420 | |
Elevation | 250–332 m (820–1,089 ft) (avg. 258 m or 846 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Seyssel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It lies on the west bank of the Rhône River.
The part of the town across the Rhône is also named Seyssel but located in the Haute-Savoie department, and is locally referred as Seyssel-Savoie. It is a rare case in France of two homonymous communes adjacent to each other, similar to the situation of the village of Saint-Santin, divided between the communes of Saint-Santin (Aveyron) and Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (Cantal).