La Léchère | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Albertville |
Canton: | Moûtiers |
Insee: | 73187 |
Postal Code: | 73260 |
Mayor: | Dominique Colliard[1] |
Term: | 2022 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Vallées d'Aigueblanche |
Coordinates: | 45.5331°N 6.4742°W |
Elevation Min M: | 394 |
Elevation Max M: | 2829 |
Area Km2: | 134.54 |
La Léchère (in French pronounced as /la leʃɛʁ/) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is situated in the Isère valley, between Albertville and Moûtiers. It was formed in 1972 by the merger of the former communes Notre-Dame-de-Briançon, Celliers, Doucy, Naves, Petit-Cœur and Pussy.[2] On 1 January 2019, the former communes Bonneval and Feissons-sur-Isère were merged into La Léchère.[3]