Thonon-les-Bains
Subprefecture of Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Thonon-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [tɔnɔ̃ le bɛ̃]; Savoyard: Tonon; Italian: Tonone; lit. 'Thonon-the-Baths'), or simply Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Thonon-les-Bains is part of a transborder metropolitan area known as Grand Genève. It is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, or simply Le Léman).
01History
Thonon-les-Bains was the historic capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of Savoy. The Chablais Savoyard is the portion of Chablais in France. Chablais Valaisan and Chablais Vaudois are those portions of Chablais in the adjacent Switzerland cantons Valais and Vaud.(cite: Chablais Wikipedia) The town was the capital of the Dukedom of Chablais. The Hôtel de Ville was completed around 1831.
During the debates on the future of the Duchy of Savoy in 1860, the population was sensitive to the idea of a union of the northern part of the duchy with Switzerland. A petition circulated in this part of the country (Chablais, Faucigny, Northern Genevois), but it collected no more than 13,600 signatures. The duchy was reunited after a plebiscite organised on 22 and 23 April 1860 under Napoleon III, in which 99.8 percent of the Savoyards voting were reported to have answered "yes" to the question "Does Savoy want to be reunited to France?"
02Population
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03Transport
Thonon-les-Bains station has rail connections to Lyon, Évian-les-Bains, Annemasse and Geneva.
Local transport is assured by BUT (Bus urbains thononais). The lines are:
- Line A: Destination Grangette / Destination Multiplex
- Line B: Destination Z.I VONGY / Destination Place des arts
- Line C: Destination Collège Théodore Monod / Place des arts
- Line D: Destination Collège theodore Monod or Espace Leman / Place des arts
- Line L: Destination Amphion Village / Place des arts
- Line P: Destination Marin / Place des arts
- Line M: Destination La Chavanne / Place des arts
- Line N: Destination Parking des chateaux / Place des arts
Line H and J are used in Évian-Les-Bains, and not Thonon-Les-Bains.
The nearest airport is Geneva Airport which is located 40 km west of Thonon-les-Bains.
Thonon-les-Bains is also served by a short funicular.
04Main sights
- Arboretum de Ripaille
- Château des Guillet-Monthoux
- Château de Ripaille
- Château de Sonnaz
- Château de Thuyset
- Saint-Hippolyte church (12th century), rebuilt in Savoy Baroque-style during the 17th century
- Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains
05Twin towns, sister cities
Thonon-les-Bains is twinned with:
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Thonon-les-Bains”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- 200505-Thonon Hotel de Ville.JPG by Semnoz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France - panoramio.jpg by Pat B (Pat59), CC BY 3.0
- Château.de.Thuyset.Thonon-les-Bains.jpg by Hautefort, CC BY-SA 4.0
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