Thonon-les-Bains

Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains
	Subprefecture and commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Thonon-les-Bains
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	Coordinates: 46°21′46″N 6°28′30″E / 46.3627°N 6.475°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Thonon-les-Bains
Canton	Thonon-les-Bains
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Arminjon
Area 1	16.21 km2 (6.26 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2017)	34,756
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	74281 /74200
Elevation	371–569 m (1,217–1,867 ft) ; (avg. 425 m or 1,394 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thonon-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [tɔ.nɔ̃.lɛ.bɛ̃]; Francoprovençal: Tonon) is a town (commune) in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Thonon is part of a transborder agglomeration known as Grand Genève. The town is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, or simply Le Léman).

History

Château de Ripaille

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 Valaisan 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.

During the debates on the future of the Duchy of Savoy in 1860, the population was sensitive to the idea of a union of the northern part of the duchy with Switzerland. A petition circulated in this part of the country (Chablais, Faucigny, Northern Genevois), but it collected no more than 13,600 signatures. The duchy was reunited after a plebiscite organized on 22 and 23 April 1860, where 99.8 percent of the Savoyards answered "yes" to the question "Does Savoy want to be reunited to France?"

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

Château de Thuyset.

Arboretum de Ripaille
Château des Guillet-Monthoux
Château de Ripaille
Château de Sonnaz
Château de Thuyset
Saint-Hippolyte church (12th century), rebuilt in Savoy Baroque-style during the 17th century
Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains

Twin towns (sister cities)

Thonon-les-Bains is twinned with:

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

Official website (in French)
Office of Tourism (in French)

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[2] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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