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Aiton is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Aiton
Commune
The church in Aiton
Location of Aiton
Aiton
Aiton
Coordinates: 45°33′43″N 6°15′33″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementSaint-Jean-de-Maurienne
CantonSaint-Pierre-d'Albigny
IntercommunalityPorte de Maurienne
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Benjamin Canot[1]
Area
1
16.29 km2 (6.29 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
1,679
  Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
73007 /73220
Elevation286–1,009 m (938–3,310 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography


Aiton stands at the crossroads of the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys, marking the transition between the foothills of the Combe de Savoie and the Alps proper. The Arc and Isère rivers have their confluence just downstream from Aiton, at the Pont Royal.


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 412    
1975 398−0.49%
1982 516+3.78%
1990 564+1.12%
1999 1,163+8.37%
2007 1,704+4.89%
2012 1,745+0.48%
2017 1,667−0.91%
Source: INSEE[3]

Economy


Aiton hosts the French loading platform for the Alpine rolling highway running under the Mont Cenis Tunnel to Orbassano near Turin.[4]

It is also home to a prison, opened in July 1992 after serving as press accommodation for the 1992 Winter Olympics.


See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. Green, Anitra. "Mont Cenis gauge enhancement spurs intermodal growth". Retrieved 20 February 2018.



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[de] Aiton (Savoie)

Aiton ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 1679 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Arrondissement Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne im Département Savoie in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Sie ist etwa 20 Kilometer von Albertville entfernt, mit der sie durch die Autoroute A430 verbunden ist.
- [en] Aiton, Savoie



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