Viuz-en-Sallaz | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Viuz-en-Sallaz.svg |
Arrondissement: | Bonneville |
Canton: | Bonneville |
Insee: | 74311 |
Postal Code: | 74250 |
Mayor: | Pascal Pochat-Baron[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Demonym: | Viuzienne, Viuzien |
Intercommunality: | Quatre Rivières |
Coordinates: | 46.1483°N 6.4111°W |
Elevation M: | 680 |
Elevation Min M: | 550 |
Elevation Max M: | 1500 |
Area Km2: | 20.99 |
Viuz-en-Sallaz (pronounced as /fr/; frp|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.[2]