Arâches-la-Frasse

Arâches-la-Frasse
The church in Arâches-la-Frasse
Coat of arms
Arâches-la-Frasse
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Arâches-la-Frasse
Coordinates: 46°02′39″N 6°37′56″E / 46.0442°N 6.6322°ECoordinates: 46°02′39″N 6°37′56″E / 46.0442°N 6.6322°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Bonneville
Canton	Canton of Cluses
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patricia Rosa
Area^1	37.69 km^2 (14.55 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	1,680
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	74014 / 74300
Elevation	560–2,466 m (1,837–8,091 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.

Arâches-la-Frasse is commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Situated in the northern French Alps, the commune sits on a large sunny plateau overlooking the Arve Valley southeast of the town of Cluses.

It is part of the canton of Cluses. The main villages in the commune are Arâches, Les Carroz, and La Frasse.

Les Carroz

Les Carroz seen from the Pré du Bois

Until the 1930s the village of Les Carroz was a simple farming hamlet with only a few houses. It is now developing into the nearest large ski resort to Geneva. By 1981 Les Carroz had been linked to the nearby ski villages of Samoëns, Morillon and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, and the resort of Flaine, developed in the 1960s. The Grand-Massif ski area had been born. The gondola and chairlift in Les Carroz can take skiers straight up to the extensive skiing in the Grand Massif.^[1]

Gallery

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  Church

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  Chapel

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  Mission cross

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  War memorial

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  Fountain

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• INSEE

1. "GrandMassif.co.uk".

External links

• Les Carroz webcam: http://www.grandmassif.co.uk