Praz-sur-Arly | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Praz-sur-Arly (Haute-Savoie).svg |
Arrondissement: | Bonneville |
Canton: | Sallanches |
Insee: | 74215 |
Postal Code: | 74120 |
Mayor: | Yann Jaccaz[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays du Mont-Blanc |
Coordinates: | 45.8381°N 6.5708°W |
Elevation Min M: | 980 |
Elevation Max M: | 2282 |
Area Km2: | 22.64 |
Praz-sur-Arly (in French pronounced as /pʁa syʁ aʁli/, literally Praz on Arly; Le Prâ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches.[2]
The local people are called "Pralins" for men, and "Pralines" for women.
The village is twinned with the town of Roscoff, in Brittany.
The village of Praz-sur-Arly is 1,035 metres above sea level, in Val d'Arly, between Megève and Flumet. The river Arly goes through the village as do the rivers Cassioz and Varins.