Fillinges

History

The population, having experienced few majors migrations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Fillinges is an inexhaustible reservoir for genealogists around the world. The Berthet, Ducret, Gavard and many other families find their origins, often with nicknames related to the specific place of residence or the activity of their ancestor: farrier, roadmender, clog maker, armourer, shoemaker, baker etc. (Labori, Socqui etc.). At that time, marriages were often "arranged" in between families and took place nearly all the time between inhabitants of the municipality or hamlets in the vicinity (Arpigny, Marcellaz, Viuz, La Tour, Bonne, Mijouet, Loëx, etc.). In the nineteenth century, several people are market gardeners and sell (on foot, of course) their production on the markets of Annemasse and Geneva. Others, with the experience of the vineyard will offer their services on farms and vineyards of Crépy, or even the canton of Vaud (Switzerland) - Nyon region in particular. Others will look further: the Lyon surroundings, Paris, even the Americas (North and South). The majority of the Berthet of Geneva have a common ancestor native of Fillinges. Between 1780 and 1837, Fillinges is part of the province of Carouge, which belongs to the States of Savoie.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  4,886
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,475
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,736
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,587
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,471
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,306
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,279
• Eurasian red squirrel

  Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,915

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 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• 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 4.1 — 2021-10-05
  10 km SSW of Evolène, Switzerland