Fillinges

Fillinges is a French municipality, located in Haute-Savoie, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southern easten of France. It is part of Greater Geneva. The county town of the village is at 572 m above sea level and has a total area of 11,67 km². This means that there in a density of population of 287 inhabitants per km². The village is 7.4 km from Annemasse. Its inhabitants are named Fillingeoises and Fillingeois.

Fillinges
Commune
The church in Fillinges
Coat of arms
Location of Fillinges
Fillinges
Fillinges
Coordinates: 46°09′00″N 6°19′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
ArrondissementSaint-Julien-en-Genevois
CantonBonneville
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes des Quatre Rivières
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Bruno Forel
Area
1
1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,413
 • Density3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74128 /
Elevation1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The population, having experienced few majors migrations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Fillinges is an inexhaustible reservoir for genealogists around the world. The Berthet, Ducret, Gavard and many other families find their origins, often with nicknames related to the specific place of residence or the activity of their ancestor: farrier, roadmender, clog maker, armourer, shoemaker, baker etc. (Labori, Socqui etc.). At that time, marriages were often "arranged" in between families and took place nearly all the time between inhabitants of the municipality or hamlets in the vicinity (Arpigny, Marcellaz, Viuz, La Tour, Bonne, Mijouet, Loëx, etc.).

In the nineteenth century, several people are market gardeners and sell (on foot, of course) their production on the markets of Annemasse and Geneva. Others, with the experience of the vineyard will offer their services on farms and vineyards of Crépy, or even the canton of Vaud (Switzerland) - Nyon region in particular. Others will look further: the Lyon surroundings, Paris, even the Americas (North and South). The majority of the Berthet of Geneva have a common ancestor native of Fillinges.

Between 1780 and 1837, Fillinges is part of the province of Carouge, which belongs to the States of Savoie.

The First World War decimated the male population often requiring widows and orphans to leave the town to get closer to cities (domestic work).

Demography

In 2015, the municipality had 3,350 inhabitants, we can notice an increase of 6.25% compared to 2010 (Haute-Savoie: +7.57%, France excluding Mayotte: +2.44%).

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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