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Coordinates: 46°21′46″N 6°28′30″E / 46.3627°N 6.475°E / 46.3627; 6.475Coordinates: 46°21′46″N 6°28′30″E / 46.3627°N 6.475°E / 46.3627; 6.475{{#coordinates:46.3627|6.475|type:city(34661)_region:FR||||||
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France</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Region</th><td>
Rhône-Alpes</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Department</th><td>
Haute-Savoie</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Arrondissement</th><td>
Thonon-les-Bains</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Canton</th><td>
Thonon Est and Thonon Ouest</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Government</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left"> • Mayor (2014-2020) </th><td>
Jean Denais (UMP)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Area1</th><td>
16.21 km2 (6.26 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Population (2012)2</th><td>
34,661</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left"> • Density</th><td>
2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Time zone</th><td>
CET (GMT +1)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">INSEE/Postal code</th><td class="adr">
74281 / 74200</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Elevation</th><td>
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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.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.</td></tr></table>
Thonon-les-Bains (Template:IPA-fr) is a town (commune) in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
History
Thonon-les-Bains was the historic capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of Savoy. The Chablais Savoyard is the portion of Chablais in France. Chablais Valaison and Chablais Vaudois are those portions of Chablais in the adjacent Switzerland cantons Valais and Vaud.(cite: Chablais Wikipedia) The town was the capital of the Dukedom of Chablais.
Transport
Transport is assured by BUT (Bus urbains thononais). The lines are:
- Line A: Destination Grangette / Destination Multiplex
- Line B: Destination Z.I VONGY / Destination Place des arts
- Line C: Destination Collège Théodore Monod / Place des arts
- Line D: Destination Collège theodore Monod or Espace Leman / Place des arts
- Line L: Destination Amphion Village / Place des arts
- Line P: Destination Marin / Place des arts
- Line M: Destination La Chavanne / Place des arts
- Line N: Destination Parking des chateaux / Place des arts
Map of the network: http://www.leman-but.fr/ftp/FR_plan/Plan%202012%202013.pdf
Line H and J are used in Evian-Les-Bains, and not Thonon-Les-Bains.
Main sights
Twin towns (sister cities)
Thonon-les-Bains is twinned with:
See also
References
External links
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