Chancy

History

Chancy is first mentioned in 1240 as Chancie.

Geography

Chancy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 30.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.8% is used for growing crops and 8.4% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,337
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  5,188
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,193
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,068
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,888
• Great Crested Grebe

  Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,855
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,840
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,824

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 3.3 — 2025-05-06
  8 km W of Chapareillan, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France
• M 3.4 — 2020-06-23
  11 km ESE of Samoëns, France
• M 3.2 — 2017-11-17
  10 km NNE of Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne, France