Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Chambéry |
Canton: | Bugey savoyard |
Insee: | 73273 |
Postal Code: | 73310 |
Mayor: | Gérard Dillenschneider[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Grand Lac |
Coordinates: | 45.7764°N 5.8119°W |
Elevation Min M: | 229 |
Elevation Max M: | 621 |
Area Km2: | 9.75 |
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is situated near the northwestern shore of Lac du Bourget.
It is home to a prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlement that is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] These dwellings, now submerged in the Lac du Bourget, date from the 4th millennium BCE.
The Hautecombe Abbey, situated on the lake shore, has been a classified monument since 1875.