Les Marches

Les Marches
Part of Porte-de-Savoie
Sight of Les Marches in winter.
Sight of Les Marches in winter.
Location of Les Marches
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Les Marches is located in France
Les Marches
Les Marches
Les Marches is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Marches
Les Marches
Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 6°00′06″E / 45.5°N 6.0017°E / 45.5; 6.0017
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementChambéry
CantonMontmélian
CommunePorte-de-Savoie
Area
1
15.35 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
2,717
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
73800
Dialling codes0479
Elevation244–1,115 m (801–3,658 ft)
(avg. 807 m or 2,648 ft)
Websitewww.lesmarches.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Marches (French pronunciation: [le maʁʃ]) is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Porte-de-Savoie.[2]

Twin towns

It is twinned with

  • United Kingdom Stepps and Cardowan near Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.[3] Les Marches translates in English as 'The Steps' and it was this connection that was noticed by a Les Marches resident in 1995 on a visit to Scotland.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2018 (in French)
  3. ^ "Town twinning". North Lanarkshire Council.
  4. ^ "Les Marches Information-SteppsOnline". www.steppsonline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
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