In roman times the village hosted a
miliarium marking the fifth
roman mile away from the nearby city of
Annecy, named "
Boutae" at the time, which gave it its name "
quintilius", latin for "fifth". The place is found to be referred to as « Cura de Quintaz » around 1344. The seigneury of Quintal belonged from the
14th century (c. 1302) until the
17th century to the
Diocese of Puy-en-Velay. On 23 September 1641, Noble Jean-François Garnerin, State Councilor at the Senate of the
Duchy of Savoy, General Controller of the finances of the Duchy of Savoy, acquired the seigneury. In the spring of the year
1796, in order to equip the Church of the Visitation with a bell that had been destroyed during the
Reign of Terror, Antoine Paccard, elected mayor in 1795, called upon an itinerant bell founder,
Jean Baptiste Pitton, originally from
Carouge. The new bell bore the inscription "
If I survive the Terror, it is to announce happiness". It was finally installed with the establishment of the
Concordat. Antoine Paccard founded the
Paccard foundry, still active to this day, originally for the purpose of this bell. ==See also==