Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières explained

Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
Arrondissement:Bonneville
Canton:Bonneville
Insee:74212
Postal Code:74130
Commune:Glières-Val-de-Borne
Coordinates:46.0006°N 6.3961°W
Elevation M:732
Elevation Min M:591
Elevation Max M:2408
Area Km2:53.42
Population:1126
Population Date:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]

Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (pronounced as /fr/), commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged with its neighbour village Entrement to form the new commune of Glières-Val-de-Borne.[2]

Petit Bornand has a number of dairy farms, tourist accommodations and secondary residences. It is in the area which is authorised to produce the named soft cheese "roblochon"http://www.entremont-village.com/village_culturereblochonaravis.html

People

Guillaume Fichet (1433-c. 1480) was born in this village. With Johann Heynlin, Fichet set up the first printing press in France in 1470.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/3677785/Ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2016
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/6/27/INTB1821687A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral