Le Grand-Bornand
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 45°56′33″N 6°25′33″E / 45.9425°N 6.4258°ECoordinates: 45°56′33″N 6°25′33″E / 45.9425°N 6.4258°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute-Savoie | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | André Perrillat-Amédé | |
| Area1 | 61 km2 (24 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 2,175 | |
| • Density | 36/km2 (92/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74136 / | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Le Grand-Bornand is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
The commune is a ski resort and owes its name to the river which runs through it. The inhabitants of Le Grand-Bornand are called Bornandins.
Located on the western slope of the Aravis mountain range not far from Mont Blanc, Annecy Lake and Switzerland, Le Grand-Bornand is a summer and winter resort which developed around an old village. Le Grand-Bornand is in a wide part of the valley which has allowed it to develop - the village of Petit-Bornand, located downstream, is in a narrower part of the valley. The commune of Le Grand-Bornand is made-up of three areas: the Bouchet valley, the Chinaillon valley and the village of Le Grand-Bornand located at the junction of the two valleys. The hamlet of Chinaillon to the north east of Le Grand-Bornand is the main ski centre. The valley of Bouchet is located upstream of the village along the course of the river Borne.
Nearby villages include Manigod, Thônes, La Clusaz, Saint-Jean-de-Sixt and the larger Chamonix and Annecy.
Since 1997, Le Grand Bornand is twinned with Quiberon.
Researcher toponymist and Ph.D. graduate of the Sorbonne, Jérémie Delorme, has listed, photographed and described, about 3 000 place names in the commune. 90% come from Latin, 8% come from Gaulish, 1% from Germanic and 1% from pre-Latin languages. A third of the names refer to former occupants. Names ending in "ière" are pre 16th-century and names ending in "lhon" are pre 5th-century.
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