Viuz-en-Sallaz

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Pascal Pochat-Baron^[1]Area20.99 km² (8.10 sq mi)Population4,600 • Density220/km² (570/sq mi)Demonym(s)Viuzienne, ViuzienTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation550–1,500 m (1,800–4,920 ft)
(avg. 680 m or 2,230 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viuz-en-Sallaz (French pronunciation: [vjy ɑ̃ sala]; Arpitan: Viu) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France, close to the Swiss border.

It was historically a possession of the noble house of de Faucigny and then passed to Ardutius de Faucigny, Bishop of Geneva and successive prince-bishops. It stayed in the possession of the church until the French Revolution. There is a statue of St Francis de Sales, then Bishop of Geneva, in Viuz.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,213	—
1975	2,267	+0.34%
1982	2,379	+0.69%
1990	2,944	+2.70%
1999	3,373	+1.52%
2007	3,753	+1.34%
2012	3,947	+1.01%
2017	4,374	+2.08%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References