Cruseilles | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Cruseilles.svg |
Coordinates: | 46.035°N 6.1083°W |
Insee: | 74096 |
Postal Code: | 74350 |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois |
Canton: | La Roche-sur-Foron |
Mayor: | Sylvie Mermillod[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Elevation Min M: | 450 |
Elevation Max M: | 1352 |
Area Km2: | 25.41 |
Cruseilles (pronounced as /fr/; Arpitan: Corzelyes; Savoyard dialect: Croueselyes) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
Cruseilles is on the A41 autoroute, 12 km (7.4 mi) south-southeast of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.
Cruseilles is notable as the birthplace of Louis Armand (1905–1971), who served as president of the SNCF and later of Euratom, was a Resistance officer in World War II, before he was elected to the Académie Française in 1963.