Boëge
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute-Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Thonon-les-Bains | |
| Canton | Sciez | |
| Community association | Vallée Verte | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 13 ' N , 6 ° 24' E | |
| height | 713-1,480 m | |
| surface | 16.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,765 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 110 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 74420 | |
| INSEE code | 74037 | |
| Website | www.boege.fr | |
Boëge is a French commune in the department of Haute-Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Sciez in the Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains .
geography
Boëge is located at 738 m , about 20 kilometers east of the city of Geneva (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Vallée Verte in an open valley, through which the Menoge flows, at the eastern foot of the Les Voirons mountain range in the north-western Savoy Alps .
The area of the 16.00 km² municipal area includes a section of the Vallée Verte. The valley drained by the Menoge is oriented towards the northeast-southwest and has a flat valley floor more than 1 km wide at Boëge. The Brevon brook flows here from the north, also from a wide valley. To the southeast, the community area extends to the forest hill Le Perret ( 1072 m ). In the north-west the area includes the valley of the Brevon and extends to the heights near Saxel (up to 1200 m ) and the densely wooded ridge of Les Voirons, on which the highest point of Boëge is reached at 1480 m .
Boëge includes the hamlets of Riondy ( 765 m ), Les Combes ( 790 m ), Les Perriers ( 752 m ) and Chez Layat ( 870 m ), all at the eastern foot of Les Voirons. Neighboring municipalities of Boëge are Bons-en-Chablais and Saxel in the north, Burdignin and Villard in the east, Bogève and Saint-André-de-Boëge in the south and Cranves-Sales and Saint-Cergues in the west.
history
Boëge is mentioned in a document in the 12th century under the name Boatium . From 1860 to 2015 it was the capital of the specially created canton of Boëge , which moved from the Arrondissement of Bonneville to the Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains in 1939 .
Attractions
The village church in the Gothic Flamboyant style and the Monastère de Bethléem on the eastern slope of Les Voirons are worth seeing.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 744 |
| 1968 | 843 |
| 1975 | 724 |
| 1982 | 1,025 |
| 1990 | 1,267 |
| 1999 | 1,415 |
With 1765 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Boëge is one of the smaller communities in the Haute-Savoie department. Since the mid-1970s, thanks to the beautiful residential area, there has been continuous strong growth in the number of residents. Numerous single-family houses were built outside the old village center.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Boëge was a village dominated by agriculture and forestry . Today there are various local small and medium-sized businesses. Numerous workers are commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area, especially in the Geneva-Annemasse area.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Thonon-les-Bains over the Col de Cou to Fillinges . Further road connections exist with Bons-en-Chablais (over the Col de Saxel) and with Burdignin.
