Tunnel de la Puya

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Le tunnel de la Puya est un tunnel de France, en Haute-Savoie, sur les communes d'Annecy et Sevrier. Initialement ferroviaire et emprunté par la ligne d'Annecy à Albertville, il est désormais fermé. Il a existé différents projets de réutilisation de ce tunnel, notamment son intégration dans un contournement routier sud de l'agglomération d'Annecy.

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Diocese of Annecy

The Diocese of Annecy is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France, located 26 miles south of Geneva. Saint-Gingolph VS, a town in the Swiss canton of Valais, is also part of the diocese. Originally erected in 1822, after the Concordat as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Chambéry, the diocese of Annecy is composed of the entirety of the department of Haute-Savoie in the Region of Rhône-Alpes. On 8 December 2002, the archdiocese of Chambéry was demoted to the rank of simple diocese, and along with its suffragan dioceses was transferred to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon. The current bishop of Annecy is Yves Le Saux, appointed in 2022. As of 2015 there was one priest for every 3,279 Catholics; as of 2022, there was one priest for every 5028 Catholics.

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Arrondissement of Annecy

The arrondissement of Annecy is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 77 communes. Its population is 293,040, and its area is 1,253.9 km2.

Government

Château d'Annecy

The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie département. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, le musée-château d'Annecy. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1959.

Castle Historic Site

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Community of Greater Annecy

The Community of Greater Annecy is a former intercommunality of the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It was formed in January 2001 by ten communes. In January 2002 a further three communes joined. In 2003 the name La Communauté de l'agglomération d'Annecy was adopted. On 1 January 2017, the Community of Greater Annecy merged with four others intercommunalities becoming Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy.

Government

Hôtel de Ville, Annecy

The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, southeastern France, standing on the Esplanade de l'Hôtel de Ville.

Government Landmark

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Tracé

Le tunnel de la Puya est long de 1,523 km. Il se trouve sur le tracé de l'ancienne ligne de chemin de fer Annecy - Ugine - Albertville (45,300 km). Le tunnel a été creusé pour permettre à la ligne de chemin de fer de franchir le promontoire rocheux de la Puya, un des contreforts du Semnoz, en sortie d'Annecy. Il relie le nord de Sevrier (quartier Beaurivage) au faubourg des Balmettes à Annecy.

Histoire

Il a été mis en service le 3 juin 1901, lors de l'inauguration de la ligne de chemin de fer. Il a fermé au service voyageurs le 5 mai 1938 et à celui des marchandises en 1966.