Sallanches
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Commune of Sallanches |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Haute-Savoie |
Arrondissement | Bonneville |
Canton | Sallanches |
Mayor | Georges Morand (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 515 m–2,749 m (avg. 558 m) |
Land area¹ | 65.87 km² |
Population² (1999) |
14,383 |
- Density | 218/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 74256/ 74700 |
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. | |
Sallanches is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département, in France.
[edit] Allusions in literature
- Sallanches is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1935 novel Lucy Gayheart.