Gaillard

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Commune of Gaillard
Location
Longitude 06° 12' 30" E
Latitude 46° 11' 09" N
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton Annemasse-Sud
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de l'agglomération Annemassienne
Mayor Renée Magnin
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 392 m–425 m
(avg. 420 m)
Land area¹ 4.02 km²
Population²
(1999)
9,949
 - Density (1999) 2,474/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 74133/ 74240
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² 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

Gaillard is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département, in France. Population (1999): 9,949.

Gaillard is a family surname commonly used in France that originated from the commune of Gaillard commune of the Haute-Savoie département, in France. What makes Gaillard noticeable is its proximity to Geneva. Gaillard is a on the Swiss border. The biggest border is called Moillesulaz and the second one is Fossard. It is near the SIGEM an HLM. Gaillard has a middle school called College Jacques Prevert.


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