Arâches-la-Frasse
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (February 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Arâches-la-Frasse | |
|---|---|
 The church in Arâches-la-Frasse | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Arâches-la-Frasse  | |
  Arâches-la-Frasse  Arâches-la-Frasse | |
| Coordinates: 46°02′39″N 6°37′56″E / 46.0442°N 6.6322°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Sallanches |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Alexandra Fourgeaud[1] |
| Area 1 | 37.69 km2 (14.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,797 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74014 /74300 |
| Elevation | 560–2,466 m (1,837–8,091 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arâches-la-Frasse (French pronunciation: [aʁaʃ la fʁas]) is commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Situated in the northern French Alps, the commune sits on a large sunny plateau overlooking the Arve Valley southeast of the town of Cluses.
It is part of the canton of Sallanches. The main villages in the commune are Arâches, Les Carroz, and La Frasse.
Les Carroz
[edit]
Until the 1930s the village of Les Carroz was a simple farming hamlet with only a few houses. It is now developing into the nearest large ski resort to Geneva. By 1981 Les Carroz had been linked to the nearby ski villages of Samoëns, Morillon and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, and the resort of Flaine, developed in the 1960s. The Grand-Massif ski area had been born. The gondola and chairlift in Les Carroz can take skiers straight up to the extensive skiing in the Grand Massif.[3]
Gallery
[edit]-
Church -
Chapel -
Mission cross -
War memorial -
Fountain
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "GrandMassif.co.uk".
External links
[edit]
- Les Carroz webcam: http://www.grandmassif.co.uk
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Geographic | |
 | This Haute-Savoie geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |