Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Saraikela Category="Communes of Savoie"
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Country
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     France
Région Rhône-Alpes
Département Savoie
(Sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Canton Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
INSEE Code 73248
Postal code 73300
Mayor
Term of office
Roland Merloz
2001-2007
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Cœur de Maurienne
Longitude 6° 20' 45" E
Latitude 45° 16' 39" N
Altitude average: 566 m
minimum: 489 m
maximum: 1,200 m
Area 11.51 km²
Population without
double-counting
8,902 (1999)
Population density 773 pers/km²

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is a commune of the Savoie département, in France.

Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne was a diocese of Savoy during the Ancien Régime. The Duchy of Savoy, which had been a French-speaking province under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Piedmont, was invaded by Revolutionary France and later permanently annexed. The diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne was formally suppressed in 1801 by the Holy See in accordance with the Napoleonic Concordat. In 1825, some years after the territory had been passed back to Piedmont by the Congress of Vienna, Maurienne it was restored as a diocese along with Tarentaise, with territory taken from Chambéry. By plebiscite of 22 April 1860, Savoy passed to French sovereignty again. In 1966 the two dioceses were once more amalgamated with the metropolitan see of Chambéry, to which their titles were at the same time united.