Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières

Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
A general view of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières A general view of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Bonneville
Canton	Bonneville
Government
• Mayor	Marc Chuard
Area1	53.42 km2 (20.63 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,067
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	74212 / 74130
Elevation	591–2,408 m (1,939–7,900 ft) (avg. 732 m or 2,402 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

People

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

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• INSEE