Brides-les-Bains

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Brides-les-Bains
Coat of arms of Brides-les-Bains
Brides-les-Bains (France)
Brides-les-Bains
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Albertville
Canton Moûtiers
Community association Val Vanoise
Coordinates 45 ° 27 '  N , 6 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 27 '  N , 6 ° 34'  E
height 556–1,040 m
surface 2.63 km 2
Residents 506 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 192 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 73570
INSEE code 73057
Website http://mairie-brideslesbains.fr/

Brides-les-Bains

Brides-les-Bains ( Franco-Provençal: Breda or Bouerda ) is commune with 506 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Rhône-Alpes ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Albertville and the canton of Moûtiers ( canton Bozel until 2015 ). It is also part of the Val Vanoise Tarentaise municipal association . The inhabitants are called Bridois .

geography

Brides-les-Bains is located about 28 kilometers south-southwest of Albertville on the Doron de Bozel . Brides-les-Bains is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Feissons-sur-Salins in the north and northwest, Montagny in the north and east, Courchevel in the south and southeast, Les Allues in the south and Les Belleville in the west.

history

Until 1847 the community was called La Saulce . The Olympic village was built in the place for the 1992 Winter Olympics .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 728 638 557 583 611 593 578 526
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Etienne church from 1837
  • Thermal springs
  • Olympic village from 1992

Personalities

Web links

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