Arrondissement of Bonneville

The arrondissement of Bonneville is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Savoie département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Bonneville.

Bonneville
Arrondissement
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
No. of communes	60
Subprefecture	Bonneville
Area	1,558.2 km2 (601.6 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	189,736
INSEE code	742

History

When the Haute-Savoie department was created in 1860, the arrondissement of Bonneville was part of that original department.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Bonneville is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains, to the east by Switzerland, to the southeast by Italy, to the south by the Savoie department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Annecy and to the west by the arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.

It is the most eastern arrondissement of the department and is the largest arrondissement with an area of 1,558.2 km² (601.6 sq mi),^[3] and the second in population, with 184,093 inhabitants and a density of 118.1 inhabitants/km².^[4]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,^[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Bonneville, there are 7 cantons:

1. Bonneville (7405) (partly)
2. Cluses (7406)
3. Évian-les-Bains (7407) (partly)
4. Faverges (7408) (partly)
5. Le Mont-Blanc (7410)
6. La Roche-sur-Foron (7411) (partly)
7. Sallanches (7414)

Communes

The arrondissement of Bonneville has 61 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):^[6]

1. Amancy (74007)
2. Arenthon (74018)
3. Arâches-la-Frasse (74014)
4. Ayse (74024)
5. Bonneville (74042)
6. Brizon (74049)
7. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (74056)
8. Châtillon-sur-Cluses (74064)
9. Cluses (74081)
10. Combloux (74083)
11. Contamine-sur-Arve (74087)
12. Cordon (74089)
13. Cornier (74090)
14. Demi-Quartier (74099)
15. Domancy (74103)
16. Entremont (74110)
17. Etaux (74116)
18. Faucigny (74122)
19. La Chapelle-Rambaud (74059)
20. La Côte-d'Arbroz (74091)
21. La Rivière-Enverse (74223)
22. La Roche-sur-Foron (74224)
23. La Tour (74284)
24. Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (74212)
25. Le Reposoir (74221)
26. Les Contamines-Montjoie (74085)
27. Les Gets (74134)
28. Les Houches (74143)
29. Magland (74159)
30. Marcellaz (74162)
31. Marignier (74164)
32. Marnaz (74169)
33. Megève (74173)
34. Mieussy (74183)
35. Mont-Saxonnex (74189)
36. Morillon (74190)
37. Mégevette (74174)
38. Nancy-sur-Cluses (74196)
39. Onnion (74205)
40. Passy (74208)
41. Peillonnex (74209)
42. Praz-sur-Arly (74215)
43. Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (74236)
44. Saint-Jean-de-Tholome (74240)
45. Saint-Jeoire (74241)
46. Saint-Laurent (74244)
47. Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny (74250)
48. Saint-Sigismond (74252)
49. Saint-Sixt (74253)
50. Sallanches (74256)
51. Samoëns (74258)
52. Scionzier (74264)
53. Servoz (74266)
54. Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (74273)
55. Taninges (74276)
56. Thyez (74278)
57. Vallorcine (74290)
58. Verchaix (74294)
59. Ville-en-Sallaz (74304)
60. Viuz-en-Sallaz (74311)
61. Vougy (74312)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[4] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
74081	Cluses	17,510	Cluses	Cluses-Arve et Montagnes
74256	Sallanches	15,754	Sallanches	Pays du Mont-Blanc
74042	Bonneville	12,575	Bonneville	Faucigny-Glières
74224	La Roche-sur-Foron	11,465	La Roche-sur-Foron	Le Pays Rochois
74208	Passy	10,795	Le Mont-Blanc	Pays du Mont-Blanc
74056	Chamonix-Mont-Blanc	8,997	Le Mont-Blanc	La Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
74264	Scionzier	8,167	Cluses	Cluses-Arve et Montagnes
74164	Marignier	6,424	Bonneville	Faucigny-Glières
74250	Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny	6,093	Bonneville	Le Pays Rochois
74278	Thyez	5,891	Cluses	Cluses-Arve et Montagnes

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department
• List of arrondissements of France

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
2. "Historique de la Haute-Savoie". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
3. "Arrondissement de Bonneville (742)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
5. "Décret n° 2014-153 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Savoie" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
6. "Arrondissement de Bonneville (742)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

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