Bonneville, Haute-Savoie

French commune
nomcommune=Bonneville

région=Rhône-Alpes
département=Haute-Savoie
("sous-préfecture")
arrondissement=Bonneville
canton=Bonneville
(chief town)
insee=74042
cp=74130
maire=Martial Saddier
mandat=
intercomm= Communauté de communes Faucigny-Glières
longitude=6.40138888889
latitude=46.0797222222
alt moy=
alt mini=450 m
alt maxi=1 877 m (Pointe d'Andey)
hectares=2,715
km²=27.15
sans=10,500
date-sans=1999
dens=387
date-dens=1999

Bonneville ( _it. Bônavela) is a commune of the Haute-Savoie "département", in France.

Geography

Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Geneva and Chamonix. The urban center is on the north bank of the Arve river, with urban development reaching to the foot of the mountains to both the north and south.

Bonneville sits at the juncture between the Swiss Voralpen and the French Prealps. to the west, the Arve valley is a wide and fertile outwash plain, while to the east, it is a classical glacial valley.

External links

* [http://www.bonneville.fr/ Official site]