Les Marches

Les Marches is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Porte-de-Savoie.[2]

Les Marches
Part of Porte-de-Savoie
Sight of Les Marches in winter.
Location of Les Marches
Les Marches
Les Marches
Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 6°00′06″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementChambéry
CantonMontmélian
CommunePorte-de-Savoie
Area
1
15.35 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,689
 • Density180/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
73800
Dialling codes0479
Elevation244–1,115 m (801–3,658 ft)
(avg. 807 m or 2,648 ft)
Websitewww.lesmarches.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Twin towns

It is twinned with

  • Stepps and Cardowan near Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.[3] Les Marches translates in English as 'The Steps' and it was this connection that was noticed by a Les Marches resident in 1995 on a visit to Scotland.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2018 (in French)
  3. "Town twinning". North Lanarkshire Council.
  4. "Les Marches Information-SteppsOnline". www.steppsonline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.



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