Thonon-les-Bains

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Commune of Thonon-les-Bains
The town hall of Thonon-les-Bains
Location
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Coordinates 46°22′17″N, 06°28′50″E
Time Zone CET (GMT +1)
Administration
Country France
Région Rhône-Alpes
Département Haute-Savoie
(sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Thonon-les-Bains
Canton Thonon Est and Thonon Ouest
Intercommunality none
Mayor Jean Denais
Statistics
Altitude 371 m–569 m
(avg. 425 m)
Land area¹ 16.21 km²
Population²
(1999)		 28,927
 - Density (1999) 1,784.5/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 74281/ 74200
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).
France

Thonon-les-Bains (literally, Thonon-the-Baths) is a picturesque French spa town located on the south shore of Lake Geneva. Thonon is a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Haute-Savoie département. The town was the capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of Savoy. [Thonon-les-Bains Basilica:[1],[2]]

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