Bonneville, Haute-Savoie

Bonneville

Bonneville, Haute-Savoie by J. M. W. Turner

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Bonneville

Coordinates: 46°04′47″N 6°24′05″E / 46.0797°N 6.4014°E / 46.0797; 6.4014Coordinates: 46°04′47″N 6°24′05″E / 46.0797°N 6.4014°E / 46.0797; 6.4014
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Bonneville
Canton Bonneville
Intercommunality Faucigny-Glières
Government
 • Mayor Martial Saddier
Area1 27.15 km2 (10.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 10,996
 • Density 410/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 74042 / 74130
Elevation 450–1,877 m (1,476–6,158 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bonneville (French pronunciation: ​[bɔn.vil]; Arpitan: Bônavela) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Geography

Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Geneva and Chamonix. The urban centre is on the north bank of the Arve river, with urban development reaching to the foot of the mountains to both the north and south.

Bonneville sits at the juncture between the Swiss Voralpen and the French Prealps. to the west, the Arve valley is a wide and fertile outwash plain, while to the east, it is a classical glacial valley.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Bonneville is twinned with:

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