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Passy is a commune in France, situated in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It lies within the arrondissement of Bonneville and the canton of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. The municipality serves as the capital of the canton of Mont-Blanc. Its borders are shared with Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Domancy, Les Houches, and Magland. The Arve river is located next to the commune.
The area of Passy is 80.03 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 11,350 residents and another citing 11,613. The male population is recorded as 5,298, while the female population is 5,604. Elevation data also differs, with one source indicating 2,880 meters above sea level and another stating 654 meters. The postal codes for the area are 74480 and 74190.
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Place details
- Locality
- Passy
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 11,613
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Haute-Savoie
- Arrondissement
- Bonneville
- Canton
- Le Mont-Blanc
- Intercommunality
- Pays du Mont-Blanc
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Raphaël Castéra
- Area
- 80.03 km (30.90 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 10,856
- Density
- 135.6/km (351.3/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Passerand / Passerande
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 74208 /74190
- Elevation
- 542–2,880 m (1,778–9,449 ft)
- Website
- www .ville-passy-mont-blanc .fr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Passy
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bonneville
- Population
- 10856
- Area
- 80.03
- Elevation
- 1562
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Arve
- Capital of
- canton of Mont-Blanc
- Shares border with
- Vallorcine
- Official website
- www.ville-passy-mont-blanc.fr
- Image
- 00 Passy - Haute-Savoie - Mont Blanc.JPG
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- Commons category
- Passy (Haute-Savoie)
- topic's main category
- Category:Passy (Haute-Savoie)
- postal code
- 74190
- different from
- Passy
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mont-Blanc
- male population
- 5298
- female population
- 5604
- P8168
- half-value thickness
- native label
- Passy
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-78-00-03
- fax number
- +33-4-50-93-67-61
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Passy ( French pronunciation: [pasi] ; Savoyard: Pachi) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches.
Located there is the Sancellemoz sanatorium, where Professor Marie Skłodowska-Curie died in 1934.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Passy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.