Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains

The **arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Savoie _département_, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Thonon-les-Bains.

## History

When the Haute-Savoie department was created in 1860, the _arrondissement_ of Thonon-les-Bains was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Thonon-les-Bains is bordered to the west, north and east by Switzerland, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Bonneville and to the southwest by the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.

It is most northern of the _arrondissements_ of the department and is the second smallest _arrondissement_ with an area of , but it is the one with fewest people living in it, with 142,090 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Thonon-les-Bains, there are only 3 cantons:

1. Évian-les-Bains <small>(7407)</small> (partly)
1. Sciez <small>(7415)</small>
1. Thonon-les-Bains <small>(7417)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Thonon-les-Bains has 68 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Abondance <small>(74001)</small>
1. Allinges <small>(74005)</small>
1. Anthy-sur-Léman <small>(74013)</small>
1. Armoy <small>(74020)</small>
1. Ballaison <small>(74025)</small>
1. Bellevaux <small>(74032)</small>
1. Bernex <small>(74033)</small>
1. Bogève <small>(74038)</small>
1. Bonnevaux <small>(74041)</small>
1. Bons-en-Chablais <small>(74043)</small>
1. Boëge <small>(74037)</small>
1. Brenthonne <small>(74048)</small>
1. Burdignin <small>(74050)</small>
1. Cervens <small>(74053)</small>
1. Champanges <small>(74057)</small>
1. Chens-sur-Léman <small>(74070)</small>
1. Chevenoz <small>(74073)</small>
1. Châtel <small>(74063)</small>
1. Douvaine <small>(74105)</small>
1. Draillant <small>(74106)</small>
1. Essert-Romand <small>(74114)</small>
1. Évian-les-Bains <small>(74119)</small>
1. Excenevex <small>(74121)</small>
1. Fessy <small>(74126)</small>
1. Féternes <small>(74127)</small>
1. Habère-Lullin <small>(74139)</small>
1. Habère-Poche <small>(74140)</small>
1. La Baume <small>(74030)</small>
1. La Chapelle-d'Abondance <small>(74058)</small>
1. La Forclaz <small>(74129)</small>
1. La Vernaz <small>(74295)</small>
1. Larringes <small>(74146)</small>
1. Le Biot <small>(74034)</small>
1. Loisin <small>(74150)</small>
1. Lugrin <small>(74154)</small>
1. Lullin <small>(74155)</small>
1. Lully <small>(74156)</small>
1. Lyaud <small>(74157)</small>
1. Margencel <small>(74163)</small>
1. Marin <small>(74166)</small>
1. Massongy <small>(74171)</small>
1. Maxilly-sur-Léman <small>(74172)</small>
1. Meillerie <small>(74175)</small>
1. Messery <small>(74180)</small>
1. Montriond <small>(74188)</small>
1. Morzine <small>(74191)</small>
1. Nernier <small>(74199)</small>
1. Neuvecelle <small>(74200)</small>
1. Novel, Haute-Savoie <small>(74203)</small>
1. Orcier <small>(74206)</small>
1. Perrignier <small>(74210)</small>
1. Publier <small>(74218)</small>
1. Reyvroz <small>(74222)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Boëge <small>(74226)</small>
1. Saint-Gingolph <small>(74237)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-d'Aulps <small>(74238)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-en-Chablais <small>(74249)</small>
1. Saxel <small>(74261)</small>
1. Sciez <small>(74263)</small>
1. Seytroux <small>(74271)</small>
1. Thollon-les-Mémises <small>(74279)</small>
1. Thonon-les-Bains <small>(74281)</small>
1. Vacheresse <small>(74286)</small>
1. Vailly <small>(74287)</small>
1. Veigy-Foncenex <small>(74293)</small>
1. Villard <small>(74301)</small>
1. Vinzier <small>(74308)</small>
1. Yvoire <small>(74315)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|74281|Thonon-les-Bains|34,973|Thonon-les-Bains|CA Thonon|
|74119|Évian-les-Bains|8,822|Évian-les-Bains|Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance|
|74218|Publier|6,753|Évian-les-Bains|Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance|
|74263|Sciez|5,592|Sciez|CA Thonon|
|74105|Douvaine|5,509|Sciez|CA Thonon|
|74043|Bons-en-Chablais|5,337|Sciez|CA Thonon|
|74005|Allinges|4,295|Thonon-les-Bains|CA Thonon|
|74293|Veigy-Foncenex|3,409|Sciez|CA Thonon|
|74200|Neuvecelle|2,959|Évian-les-Bains|Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance|
|74191|Morzine|2,893|Évian-les-Bains|Le Haut-Chablais|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Thonon-les-Bains
- **insee**: 744
- **nbcomm**: 68
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Thonon-les-Bains
- **pop**: 145809
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 907.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Thonon-les-Bains 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes