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'''Collonges-sous-Salève''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[ Haute-Savoie]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southeastern [[France]]. |
'''Collonges-sous-Salève''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[ Haute-Savoie]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southeastern [[France]]. Its population is about 3000 (1998). The name of Collonges (from the Latin ''colonica'') designates a colony of farmers situated on land granted, along with certain liberties, by the land owner. The town dates from the fourth or fifth century. The modern commune has its roots in the Ancien Régime, arising out of a [[parish]] whose existence is recorded from the 12th century. |
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The Italian composer [[Giuseppe Verdi]] end the singer [[Giuseppina Strepponi]] were married in secret in the parish church of Collonges-sous-Salève which then lay in the territory of the [[Kingdom of Piedmont]].<ref>Milza, Pierre, ''Verdi et son temps'', Perrin, Paris, 2001, p. 286 {{ISBN|2262016194}}</ref>. Collonges-sous-Salève was also the ancestral town of the ancestors of the French composer, [[Maurice Ravel]]. |
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Revision as of 02:47, 3 August 2009
Collonges-sous-Salève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Its population is about 3000 (1998). The name of Collonges (from the Latin colonica) designates a colony of farmers situated on land granted, along with certain liberties, by the land owner. The town dates from the fourth or fifth century. The modern commune has its roots in the Ancien Régime, arising out of a parish whose existence is recorded from the 12th century.
The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi end the singer Giuseppina Strepponi were married in secret in the parish church of Collonges-sous-Salève which then lay in the territory of the Kingdom of Piedmont.[1]. Collonges-sous-Salève was also the ancestral town of the ancestors of the French composer, Maurice Ravel.
Although the town, and Haute Savoie generally, is traditionally Catholic, Collonges-sous-Salève is the location of Saleve Adventist University and Maurice-Tièche comprehensive school, both owned by the Seventh-day Adventist church.
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- ^ Milza, Pierre, Verdi et son temps, Perrin, Paris, 2001, p. 286 ISBN 2262016194
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