Les Marches
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Les Marches | |
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Part of Porte-de-Savoie | |
.JPG) Sight of Les Marches in winter. | |
Location of Les Marches  | |
  Les Marches  Les Marches | |
| Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 6°00′06″E / 45.5°N 6.0017°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Chambéry |
| Canton | Montmélian |
| Commune | Porte-de-Savoie |
| Area 1 | 15.35 km2 (5.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 2,717 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 73800 |
| Dialling codes | 0479 |
| Elevation | 244–1,115 m (801–3,658 ft) (avg. 807 m or 2,648 ft) |
| Website | www.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
[edit]It is twinned with
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2018 (in French)
- ^ "Town twinning". North Lanarkshire Council.
- ^ "Les Marches Information-SteppsOnline". www.steppsonline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
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