Arrondissement of Bonneville

The arrondissement of Bonneville 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 Bonneville.

History
When the Haute-Savoie department was created in 1860, the arrondissement of Bonneville was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Bonneville is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains, to the east by Switzerland, to the southeast by Italy, to the south by the Savoie department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Annecy and to the west by the arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois.

It is the most eastern arrondissement of the department and is the largest arrondissement with an area of , and the second in population, with 184,093 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition
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 Bonneville, there are 7 cantons:

 Bonneville (7405) (partly)
 Cluses (7406)
 Évian-les-Bains (7407) (partly)
 Faverges (7408) (partly)
 Le Mont-Blanc (7410)
 La Roche-sur-Foron (7411) (partly)
 Sallanches (7414)

Communes
The arrondissement of Bonneville has 61 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Amancy (74007)
 Arenthon (74018)
 Arâches-la-Frasse (74014)
 Ayse (74024)
 Bonneville (74042)
 Brizon (74049)
 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (74056)
 Châtillon-sur-Cluses (74064)
 Cluses (74081)
 Combloux (74083)
 Contamine-sur-Arve (74087)
 Cordon (74089)
 Cornier (74090)
 Demi-Quartier (74099)
 Domancy (74103)
 Entremont (74110)
 Etaux (74116)
 Faucigny (74122)
 La Chapelle-Rambaud (74059)
 La Côte-d'Arbroz (74091)
 La Rivière-Enverse (74223)
 La Roche-sur-Foron (74224)
 La Tour (74284)
 Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (74212)
 Le Reposoir (74221)
 Les Contamines-Montjoie (74085)
 Les Gets (74134)
 Les Houches (74143)
 Magland (74159)
 Marcellaz (74162)
 Marignier (74164)
 Marnaz (74169)
 Megève (74173)
 Mieussy (74183)
 Mont-Saxonnex (74189)
 Morillon (74190)
 Mégevette (74174)
 Nancy-sur-Cluses (74196)
 Onnion (74205)
 Passy (74208)
 Peillonnex (74209)
 Praz-sur-Arly (74215)
 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (74236)
 Saint-Jean-de-Tholome (74240)
 Saint-Jeoire (74241)
 Saint-Laurent (74244)
 Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny (74250)
 Saint-Sigismond (74252)
 Saint-Sixt (74253)
 Sallanches (74256)
 Samoëns (74258)
 Scionzier (74264)
 Servoz (74266)
 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (74273)
 Taninges (74276)
 Thyez (74278)
 Vallorcine (74290)
 Verchaix (74294)
 Ville-en-Sallaz (74304)
 Viuz-en-Sallaz (74311)
 Vougy (74312)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 74081  Cluses  17,510  Cluses  Cluses-Arve et Montagnes 74256  Sallanches  15,754  Sallanches  Pays du Mont-Blanc 74042  Bonneville  12,575  Bonneville  Faucigny-Glières 74224  La Roche-sur-Foron  11,465  La Roche-sur-Foron  Le Pays Rochois 74208  Passy  10,795  Le Mont-Blanc  Pays du Mont-Blanc 74056  Chamonix-Mont-Blanc  8,997  Le Mont-Blanc  La Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 74264  Scionzier  8,167  Cluses  Cluses-Arve et Montagnes 74164  Marignier  6,424  Bonneville  Faucigny-Glières 74250  Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny  6,093  Bonneville  Le Pays Rochois 74278  Thyez  5,891  Cluses  Cluses-Arve et Montagnes

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

References

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