Thonon-les-Bains

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Thonon-les-Bains
Coat of arms of Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains (France)
Thonon-les-Bains
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement Thonon-les-Bains ( sub-prefecture )
Canton Thonon-les-Bains (main town)
Community association Thonon agglomeration
Coordinates 46 ° 22 ′  N , 6 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 22 ′  N , 6 ° 29 ′  E
height 371-569 m
surface 16.21 km 2
Residents 34,756 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2,144 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 74200
INSEE code 74281
Website www.ville-thonon.fr
Town hall of Thonon-les-Bains
Port of Thonon-les-Bains

Thonon-les-Bains is a French commune and a spa town in the department of Haute-Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is located on Lake Geneva and has 34,756 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

The municipality is located in the Savoie wine-growing region . White wines made from the Altesse grape variety (locally called Roussette ) may be marketed under the protected designation of origin Roussette de Savoie . The AOC Vin de Savoie applies to white wines of other grape varieties and red wines .

history

The completely preserved Middle Neolithic necropolis of Genevray is located in the village . From 1536 to 1569 the city belonged to Bern . In addition, Thonon-les-Bains was the sub-prefecture of the historic Léman department , the capital of which was Geneva .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Ripaille Castle

Ripaille Castle is on the peninsula on the south bank of Lake Geneva. Count Amédée VI. had a castle built there around 1371 , of which there is no trace today. Around 1434, Duke Amédée VIII built a new castle with seven towers on the same site , which can still be seen today. It was massively damaged in the religious war, so it was built into a Carthusian monastery with a cell wing (individual cells for the monks), a church and buildings for the administration of the monastery property. After the French Revolution , the monastery was sold to the Napoleonic general Dupas as a national property. Although he and his descendants lived in the monastery and castle in the 19th century, they let the buildings fall into disrepair due to lack of finances. In 1892 Frédéric Engel-Gross , an Alsatian industrialist, bought the property.

Sports

Stade Joseph Moynat

Since July 2005, the stadium has been home to the FC Évian Thonon Gaillard football club . The club played in Ligue 1 from 2011 to 2015 . It is also the home of the American football club Thonon Black Panthers .

traffic

Various departmental roads converge in Thonon-les-Bains, including the D1005, which coincides with the N5 national road . The city has a train station on the Léaz – Saint-Gingolph railway line .

Thonon is also connected to numerous Seerainer communities through the passenger shipping network on Lake Geneva .

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Thonon-les-Bains  - Collection of images, videos and audio files