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Évian-les-Bains
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Évian-les-Bains (; 'Évian-the-Baths'; , , or ), or simply Évian, is a commune in Eastern France, by the Swiss border. It is located in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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Évian-les-Bains is a commune in France, situated in the Haute-Savoie department within the arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains. It serves as the capital of the canton of Évian-les-Bains and is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The town shares borders with Larringes, Neuvecelle, and Publier. Its official postal code is 74500, and it operates in the Europe/Paris timezone.
The area of the commune is 4.29 square units, with an elevation above sea level recorded as 772 meters. The population is listed as 9,328, comprising 4,242 males and 4,856 females. Another source cites a population of 8,207. Évian-les-Bains is twinned with Izumo, Irkutsk, and Benicàssim.
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Place details
- Locality
- Évian-les-Bains
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,207
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Évian-les-Bains
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Evian-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie) (10055387844).jpg
- French commune.caption
- A view of Lake Geneva from Évian-les-Bains
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Évian-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Thonon-les-Bains
- French commune.canton
- Évian-les-Bains
- French commune.INSEE
- 74119
- French commune.postal code
- 74500
- French commune.mayor
- Josiane Lei
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance
- French commune.demonym
- Évianais
- French commune.elevation min m
- 372
- French commune.elevation max m
- 739
- French commune.area km2
- 4.3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Évian-les-Bains
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains
- Population
- 9267
- Area
- 4.29
- Elevation
- 509
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Publier
- Official website
- www.ville-evian.fr
- Image
- 2009-08-27 Lake Geneva 464.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Benicàssim
- Commons category
- Évian-les-Bains
- postal code
- 74500
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Évian-les-Bains
- topic's main category
- Category:Évian-les-Bains
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Évian-les-Bains
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- associated electoral district
- canton of Évian-les-Bains
- male population
- 4242
- female population
- 4856
- P8168
- Uwe Scholz
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-83-10-00
- fax number
- +33-4-50-83-10-03
- Commons gallery
- Évian-les-Bains
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Get around
Evian is accessible via car, ferry from Lausanne, Switzerland, or through SNCF trains from Geneva. TGV trains from Paris run on the weekends.
Do
Play golf at the Evian Masters Golf Club, the host of the annual Evian Championship, one of the five major championships of women's professional golf, each July.
Drink
Evian is famous its eponymous Evian brand of bottled water. Two natural sources of the Evian spring are near the center of town along the Avenue des Sources. The water flows freely here and many locals refill their water bottles at this source.
Sleep
The most famous resort is Royal Parc Evian. It has 2 styles of resort are Evian Royal Palace and Evian Royal Ermitage. This hotel also has casino, spas, and sport club.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Birth of an elite spa town
- Golden Age of the Belle epoque and the Roaring Twenties
- Contemporary
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Transport
- Education
- Sport
- Population
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Évian-les-Bains (; 'Évian-the-Baths'; , , or ), or simply Évian, is a commune in Eastern France, by the Swiss border. It is located in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
A high-market holiday resort and spa town on the shores of Lake Geneva (), it has been visited, over two centuries, by royalty such as Kings Edward VII and George V of the United Kingdom and King Farouk of Egypt, and celebrities such as countess Anna de Noailles and Marcel Proust.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Évian-les-Bains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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