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Thonon-les-Bains
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Commune of Thonon-les-Bains |
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| The town hall of Thonon-les-Bains | ||
| Location | ||
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| Time Zone | CET (GMT +1) | |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute-Savoie (sous-préfecture) |
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| Arrondissement | Thonon-les-Bains | |
| Canton | Thonon Est and Thonon Ouest | |
| Intercommunality | none | |
| Mayor | Jean Denais | |
| Statistics | ||
| Elevation | 371 m–569 m (avg. 425 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 16.21 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
28,927 | |
| - Density | 1,784.5/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 74281/ 74200 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | ||
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Thonon-les-Bains (literally, Thonon-the-Baths) is a picturesque French spa town located on the south shore of Lake Geneva. Thonon is a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Haute-Savoie département. The town was the capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of Savoy.
Thonon-les-Bains is twinned with:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thononwinter.jpg
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- Official website (in French)
- Office of Tourism (in French)
- Pictures from Thonon
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