Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
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| Commune of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 06°23'51″ E |
| Latitude | 46°00'05" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Rhône-Alpes |
| Département | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Bonneville |
| Mayor | Bernard Caullireau |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 591 m–2,408 m (avg. 732 m) |
| Land area¹ | 53.42 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
870 |
| - Density (1999) | 16.3/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74212/ 74130 |
| 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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Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département in France.
Guillaume Fichet (1433-ca.1480) was born in this town. With Johann Heynlin, Fichet set up the first printing press in France in 1470.
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