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    Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (French pronunciation: [lə pəti bɔʁnɑ̃ le ɡlijɛʁ]), commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie...
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    and Thorens-Glières by 29 km and 15 km respectively, it is located around the communes of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières and Thorens-Glières. In the Francoprovençal...
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    develop – the village of Petit-Bornand, located downstream, is in a narrower part of the valley. The commune of Le Grand-Bornand is made-up of three areas:...
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    communes of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (the seat) and Entremont. Communes of the Haute-Savoie department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in...
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    Les Houches (French pronunciation: [le.z‿uʃ]; Arpitan: Les Ouches or Les Oucies) is an alpine commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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    first printing press in France (Paris) in 1470. He was born at Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, in Savoy. He studied in Paris between 1450 and 1454 and then...
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    Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁvɛ le bɛ̃]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern...
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    Lac de Lessy is a lake at Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières in the Haute-Savoie, France. v t e...
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    professor at the Sorbonne, who had also come from abroad: from Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, in Savoy. Heynlin brought Swiss workmen to install this press...
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    student and auxiliary doctor for the maquis, who had been arrested at le Grand-Bornand several days earlier. The prisoners were freed but, in spite of the...
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  • Pointe-Percée at Bonneville which flows into the Arve, passing by le Grand-Bornand and le Petit-Bornand. Main summits of the massif, outside those from the Aravis...
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    to south: Le Tour 1,462 m (4,797 ft), Montroc, Le Planet, Argentière 1,252 m (4,108 ft), Les Chosalets, Le Lavancher, Les Tines, Les Bois, Les-Praz-de-Chamonix...
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    Annemasse-les Voirons-Agglomération (78.2 km²)[8], CC Arve et Salève (99.3 km²)[9], CC du Pays Rochois (93.9 km²)[10], CC Faucigny-Glières (150.7 km²)[11]...
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    (presqu'île de Léman), Yvoire delimits the two main parts of Lake Geneva, the "petit lac" and the "grand lac". The town is well known for its medieval buildings...
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  • the pharmacy, playgrounds, small shops (bakery, Petit Casino, bank, hairdressers, butcher, etc.) . Le Châble is divided into three districts: Grand Châble...
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