Vovray-en-Bornes explained

Vovray-en-Bornes
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Vovray-en Bornes.svg
Arrondissement:Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton:La Roche-sur-Foron
Insee:74313
Postal Code:74350
Mayor:Xavier Brand[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Pays de Cruseilles
Coordinates:46.0664°N 6.1433°W
Elevation Min M:656
Elevation Max M:1348
Area Km2:6.57

Vovray-en-Bornes is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It sits on the eastern flank of Salève, near the river Usses. It is located on the D15 route, 25 km south of Geneva, 25 km north of Annecy and 20 km west of Bonneville.

This alpine community has 334 inhabitants, spread between Vovray itself and the hamlets of Rogin, la Mouille, Le Vernet, Le Château, Sallanjoux, plus the farmsteads of Body, Vardon, and Quétand.[2]

The village is a centre of dairy farming, producing reblochon cheese through the Mont Salève de Cruseilles co-operative. Vovray also has two former silica quarries.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. http://www.vovray-en-bornes.fr/Vovray-en-Bornes
  3. http://www.vovray-en-bornes.fr/Les-carrieres-de-Silice