Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières

|image = PetitBornand-DSCN5420.JPG

|caption = A general view of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières

|image coat of arms =

|arrondissement = Bonneville

|canton = Bonneville

|INSEE = 74212

|postal code = 74130

|commune = Glières-Val-de-Borne

|coordinates = {{coord|46.0006|6.3961|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 732

|elevation min m = 591

|elevation max m = 2408

|area km2 = 53.42

|population = 1126

|population date = 2016

|population footnotes = [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/3677785/Ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2016], INSEE

}}

Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières ({{IPA|fr|lə pəti bɔʁnɑ̃ le ɡlijɛʁ}}), commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged with its neighbour village Entrement to form the new commune of Glières-Val-de-Borne.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/6/27/INTB1821687A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 27 June 2018 {{in lang|fr}}

Petit Bornand has a number of dairy farms, tourist accommodations and secondary residences. It is in the area which is authorised to produce the named soft cheese "roblochon"[http://www.entremont-village.com/village_culturereblochonaravis.html]

People

Guillaume Fichet (1433-c. 1480) was born in this village. With Johann Heynlin, Fichet set up the first printing press in France in 1470.

See also

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Category:Former communes of Haute-Savoie

Category:Populated places disestablished in 2019

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