Coordinates: 46°04′47″N 6°24′05″E / 46.0797222222°N 6.40138888889°E / 46.0797222222; 6.40138888889
| Commune of Bonneville |
Bonneville, Haute-Savoie by J. M. W. Turner |
| Location |
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| Administration |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Bonneville |
| Intercommunality | Faucigny-Glières |
| Mayor | Martial Saddier |
| Statistics |
| Elevation | 450–1,877 m (1,500–6,200 ft) |
| Land area1 | 27.15 km2 (10.48 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 10,996 (2006) |
| - Density | 405 /km2 (1,050 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74042/ 74130 |
| 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. |
Bonneville (Italian: Bônavela) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
[edit] Geography
Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Geneva and Chamonix. The urban center is on the north bank of the Arve river, with urban development reaching to the foot of the mountains to both the north and south.
Bonneville sits at the juncture between the Swiss Voralpen and the French Prealps. to the west, the Arve valley is a wide and fertile outwash plain, while to the east, it is a classical glacial valley.
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