Les Marches Explained
| Les Marches |
| Coordinates: | 45.5°N 6.0017°W |
| Arrondissement: | Chambéry |
| Canton: | Montmélian |
| Commune: | Porte-de-Savoie |
| Area Km2: | 15.35 |
| Population: | 2717 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 807 |
| Elevation Min M: | 244 |
| Elevation Max M: | 1115 |
| Insee: | 73151 |
| Postal Code: | 73800 |
| Dialling Code: | 0479 |
| Website: | www.lesmarches.fr |
Les Marches (pronounced as /fr/) is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Porte-de-Savoie.[2]
Twin towns
It is twinned with
- Stepps and Cardowan near Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.[3] Les Marches translates in English as 'The Steps' and it was this connection that was noticed by a Les Marches resident in 1995 on a visit to Scotland.[4]
See also
References
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
- https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/9/26/TERB1905551A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
- Web site: Town twinning. North Lanarkshire Council.
- Web site: Les Marches Information-SteppsOnline. www.steppsonline.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135112/http://www.steppsonline.com/les-marches. 2011-07-16.
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