Bonneville, Haute-Savoie

Bonneville
Bônavela (Arpitan)
Subprefecture and commune
A view of Bonneville
A view of Bonneville
Coat of arms of Bonneville
Coat of arms
Location of Bonneville
Map
Bonneville is located in France
Bonneville
Bonneville
Bonneville is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bonneville
Bonneville
Coordinates: 46°04′47″N 6°24′05″E / 46.0797°N 6.4014°E / 46.0797; 6.4014
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
ArrondissementBonneville
CantonBonneville
IntercommunalityFaucigny-Glières
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Valli[1]
Area
1
27.15 km2 (10.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
12,895
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74042 /74130
Elevation450–1,877 m (1,476–6,158 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bonneville (French pronunciation: [bɔnvil] ⓘ; Arpitan: Bônavela) is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 12,557.

Geography

Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Geneva and Chamonix. The urban centre is on the north bank of the Arve river, with urban development reaching to the foot of the mountains to both the north and south.

Bonneville sits at the juncture between the Swiss Voralpen and the French Prealps. to the west, the Arve valley is a wide and fertile outwash plain, while to the east, it is a classical glacial valley.

Climate

Bonneville has a temperate oceanic climate(Köppen:Cfb) with precipitation evenly distributed throughout the year. Summers are warm with an average of 72.9 days with maximum temperature above 25 °C (77 °F) and 22 days with maximum temperature above 30 °C (86 °F). Winters are cold and 89.3 days have minimum temperature below freezing. Temperatures below −10 °C (14 °F) are possible from November to March.[3]

Climate data for Bonneville (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 5.3
(41.5) 		7.4
(45.3) 		12.1
(53.8) 		17.3
(63.1) 		20.4
(68.7) 		25.1
(77.2) 		27.3
(81.1) 		26.4
(79.5) 		22.2
(72.0) 		16.5
(61.7) 		10.1
(50.2) 		5.4
(41.7) 		16.3
(61.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.5
(34.7) 		2.6
(36.7) 		6.4
(43.5) 		10.9
(51.6) 		14.3
(57.7) 		18.7
(65.7) 		20.6
(69.1) 		19.9
(67.8) 		16.1
(61.0) 		11.4
(52.5) 		5.9
(42.6) 		1.9
(35.4) 		10.9
(51.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.3
(27.9) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		0.7
(33.3) 		4.5
(40.1) 		8.1
(46.6) 		12.4
(54.3) 		14.0
(57.2) 		13.4
(56.1) 		10.0
(50.0) 		6.3
(43.3) 		1.7
(35.1) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		5.4
(41.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 75.1
(2.96) 		64.5
(2.54) 		72.2
(2.84) 		73.8
(2.91) 		104.3
(4.11) 		89.8
(3.54) 		93.8
(3.69) 		109.3
(4.30) 		75.2
(2.96) 		80.6
(3.17) 		80.1
(3.15) 		88.9
(3.50) 		1,007.6
(39.67)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 10.7 8.6 10.4 8.5 11.8 9.4 8.9 9.9 7.9 9.4 9.4 10.9 115.8
Source: Meteociel[3]

Transport

The commune has a railway station, Bonneville, on the La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,543—    
1975 7,702+4.81%
1982 8,814+1.95%
1990 9,998+1.59%
1999 10,463+0.51%
2007 11,380+1.06%
2012 12,479+1.86%
2017 12,608+0.21%
Source: INSEE[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Bonneville is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Normales / Moyennes 1991-2020, Bonneville" [Normals / Averages 1991-2020, Bonneville]. meteociel (in French). Provided by Météo-France. Meteociel.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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