Abondance, Haute-Savoie
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Commune of Abondance |
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| Time Zone | CET (GMT +1) | |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute-Savoie (74) | |
| Arrondissement | Thonon-les-Bains | |
| Canton | Abondance | |
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| Elevation | 840 m–2,420 m (avg. 930 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 55.84 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
1,294 | |
| - Density | 21.26/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 74001/ 74360 | |
| Dialling code | 0450 | |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Abondance is a commune situated in the Alps just south of Lake Geneva on the Swiss border in the department of Haute-Savoie in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. The people of this commune are referred to as Abondanciers. Abondance has given its name to a variety of cheese made in the region, as well as the breed of cattle from which the milk comes from to make the cheese. During the winter, it becomes a ski resort with 11 pistes.
Abondance was the first ski resort in the Alps to shut down permanently due to lack of snow, due to alleged global warming. In the 2006-2007 ski season, the town lost money due to lifts being shutdown. The town's plea for government aid to support the resort was denied due to its unlikeliness to return to profit due to lack of snow.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (French) Official website of the commune
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