La Balme-de-Sillingy

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Balme-de-Sillingy

(2020–2026) Séverine Mugnier^[1]Area

16.51 km² (6.37 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,167 • Density310/km² (810/sq mi)DemonymBalméensTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

74026 /74330

Elevation470–590 m (1,540–1,940 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Balme-de-Sillingy (French pronunciation: [la balm də silɛ̃ʒi], literally La Balme of Sillingy; Arpitan: La Bârma-de-Felingi) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located 13 km away from Annecy^[3] and is part of the inter-communal structure Communauté de communes Fier et Usses, which comprises seven communes.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	589	—
1975	1,007	+7.96%
1982	1,940	+9.82%
1990	3,075	+5.93%
1999	3,729	+2.17%
2007	4,683	+2.89%
2012	5,015	+1.38%
2017	5,037	+0.09%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Présentation de la commune".
^ Présentation, Communauté de Communes Fier et Usses
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE