Vovray-en-Bornes

Vovray-en-Bornes
Vovray-en-Bornes
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vovray-en-Bornes
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	Coordinates: 46°03′59″N 6°08′36″E / 46.0664°N 6.1433°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton	La Roche-sur-Foron
Intercommunality	Pays de Cruseilles
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Xavier Brand
Area 1	6.57 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population (2021)	555
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	74313 /74350
Elevation	656–1,348 m (2,152–4,423 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vovray-en-Bornes is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It sits on the eastern flank of Salève, near the river Usses. It is located on the D15 route, 25 km south of Geneva, 25 km north of Annecy and 20 km west of Bonneville.

This alpine community has 334 inhabitants, spread between Vovray itself and the hamlets of Rogin, la Mouille, Le Vernet, Le Château, Sallanjoux, plus the farmsteads of Body, Vardon, and Quétand.^[3]

The village is a centre of dairy farming, producing reblochon cheese through the Mont Salève de Cruseilles co-operative. Vovray also has two former silica quarries.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ http://www.vovray-en-bornes.fr/Vovray-en-Bornes ^{[dead link‍]}
^ http://www.vovray-en-bornes.fr/Les-carrieres-de-Silice ^{[dead link‍]}

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] ttp://www.vovray-en-bornes.fr/Vovray-en-Bornes ^{[dead link‍]}

[4] ttp://www.vovray-en-bornes.fr/Les-carrieres-de-Silice ^{[dead link‍]}

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