La Léchère (French pronunciation: [la leʃɛʁ]) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.[3] It is situated in the Isère valley, between Albertville and Moûtiers. It was formed in 1972 by the merger of the former communes Notre-Dame-de-Briançon, Celliers, Doucy, Naves, Petit-Cœur and Pussy.[4] On 1 January 2019, the former communes Bonneval and Feissons-sur-Isère were merged into La Léchère.[5]
La Léchère | |
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 The spa in La Léchère | |
Location of La Léchère  | |
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| Coordinates: 45°31′59″N 6°28′27″E / 45.5331°N 6.4742°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Albertville |
| Canton | Moûtiers |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Aigueblanche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Dominique Colliard[1] |
Area 1 | 134.54 km2 (51.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,569 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73187 /73260 |
| Elevation | 394–2,829 m (1,293–9,281 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,339 | — |
| 1975 | 2,917 | −1.91% |
| 1982 | 2,642 | −1.40% |
| 1990 | 2,438 | −1.00% |
| 1999 | 2,382 | −0.26% |
| 2007 | 2,569 | +0.95% |
| 2012 | 2,574 | +0.04% |
| 2017 | 2,586 | +0.09% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Commune de La Léchère (73187), INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Léchère, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 15 November 2018 (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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