Cruseilles (French pronunciation: ​[kʁyzɛj]; Arpitan: Corzelyes; Savoyard dialect: Croueselyes) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 4,502.

Cruseilles Corzelyes (Arpitan)
Commune
Église Saint-Maurice
Coat of arms
Location of Cruseilles
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Coordinates: 46°02′06″N 6°06′30″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton	La Roche-sur-Foron
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvie Mermillod[1]
Area 1	25.41 km2 (9.81 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	4,502
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	74096 /74350
Elevation	450–1,352 m (1,476–4,436 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cruseilles is on the A41 autoroute, 12 km (7.4 mi) south-southeast of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.

Notable people

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.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

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