Tour of the Lac de Flérier and villages

This small lake in the village of Flérier is the ideal spot for family picnics, with a dining area and fishing facilities. Hikers can also make a shady stop here, as two hiking trails pass through the lake.With a depth of 6 meters, this lake is an EDF electric reservoir. Anglers need a 1st category fishing permit, available from the Tourist Office. The lake is located on a hiking trail, in the village of Flérier, one of the most beautiful hamlets in Taninges.

In the 18th c. Joachim de la Grange, Comte de Taninges et de Flérier, built a vast château on the heights of Taninges.A century later, Laurent Marie Humbert, a Jacquemard who had left to make his fortune in Paris, returned to his origins and, in the image of his fortune and his dreams, built a building and its outbuildings on 1400 m2 of land. The house features all the comforts of the time. The "Clos du Chalet" was completed in 1857 and dominated the town of Taninges until 1995. All that remains of this former splendor are the memories.

Stroll in the old village of Taninges and discover a whole built heritage (XVIth - XIXth century) around the marketplace : fountain, old houses, arches, chapel and old bridge above Foron.Taninges, well situated between Annemasse & Sixt and Cluses & Thonon, knew for ages an intense business development. The village, formerly settled in the hamlet of Flérier, moved and got organized around the marketplace, it is unchanged since 1730. To discover : Saint Anne chapel, old houses, old bridge in hogback, and St Jean Baptiste church.

A monumental church by its size but also by its history !Built between 1824 and 1834 by the architect Prosper Dunant, the St Jean-Baptiste church is from the last architectural style of the States of Savoy : neo-classic Sardinian. Before, it was the biggest of the diocese of Annecy : 58 m length, 27 m wide and 18 m height. The facade of the building looks austere with few ornaments, but inside there is a profusion of decoration : paintings on the vault and pillars, stalls, carved wood and multicolored stained glasses. The visitor will visit a religious building and will discover how the jacquemarde population was decorating its churches there during the XIXth century.