Le Grand-Bornand

Le Grand-Bornand

The church in Le Grand-Bornand

Coat of arms
Le Grand-Bornand

Coordinates: 45°56′33″N 6°25′33″E / 45.9425°N 6.4258°E / 45.9425; 6.4258Coordinates: 45°56′33″N 6°25′33″E / 45.9425°N 6.4258°E / 45.9425; 6.4258
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Area1 61 km2 (24 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,250
  Density 37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone CET (GMT +1) (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 74136 / 

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Grand-Bornand is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

The commune is a ski resort and owes its name to the river which runs through it. The inhabitants of Le Grand-Bornand are called Bornandins.

Geography

Located on the western slope of the Aravis mountain range not far from Mont Blanc, Annecy Lake and Switzerland, Le Grand-Bornand is a summer and winter resort which developed around an old village. Le Grand-Bornand is in a wide part of the valley which has allowed it to develop - the village of Petit-Bornand, located downstream, is in a narrower part of the valley. The commune of Le Grand-Bornand is made-up of three areas: the Bouchet valley, the Chinaillon valley and the village of Le Grand-Bornand located at the junction of the two valleys. The hamlet of Chinaillon to the north east of Le Grand-Bornand is the main ski centre. The valley of Bouchet is located upstream of the village along the course of the river Borne.

Nearby

Nearby villages include Manigod, Thônes, La Clusaz, Saint-Jean-de-Sixt and the larger Chamonix and Annecy.

History

Twinning

Since 1997, Le Grand Bornand is twinned with Quiberon.

Place names

Researcher toponymist and Ph.D. graduate of the Sorbonne, Jérémie Delorme, has listed, photographed and described, about 3 000 place names in the commune. 90% come from Latin, 8% come from Gaulish, 1% from Germanic and 1% from pre-Latin languages. A third of the names refer to former occupants. Names ending in "ière" are pre 16th-century and names ending in "lhon" are pre 5th-century.

Administration

List of mayors

Presidential election 2007

Le Grand-Bornand voting in the 2nd round of the 2007 French presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy: 84% Royal Ségolène: 17%

Places and monuments

People

Economy

Facilities

Outdoor activities

Events

Tour de France

Le Grand-Bornand has been the start town for three stages of the Tour de France, in 1995, 1999 and 2007. It was the finish of a stage in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2013.[1]

Finishes

Year Stage Start point Distance (km) Stage winner Yellow jersey
2013 19 Le Bourg-d'Oisans 204.5  Rui Costa (POR)  Chris Froome (GBR)
2009 17 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 169.5  Fränk Schleck (LUX)  Alberto Contador (ESP)
2007 7 Bourg-en-Bresse 197.5  Linus Gerdemann (GER)  Linus Gerdemann (GER)
2004 17 Le Bourg-d'Oisans 204.5  Lance Armstrong (USA)  Lance Armstrong (USA)

Departures

Year Stage Finish point Distance (km) Stage winner Yellow jersey
2007 8 Tignes 165  Michael Rasmussen (DEN)  Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
1999 9 Sestrières 213.5  Lance Armstrong (USA)  Lance Armstrong (USA)
1995 9 La Plagne 160  Alex Zülle (SWI)  Miguel Indurain (ESP)

References

  1. "Le Grand-Bornand dans le Tour de France" (in French). ledicodutour. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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