La Léchère

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of La Léchère

(2022–2026) Dominique Colliard^[1]Area

134.54 km² (51.95 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,569 • Density19/km² (49/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

73187 /73260

Elevation394–2,829 m (1,293–9,281 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Léchère (French pronunciation: [la leʃɛʁ]) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is situated in the Isère valley, between Albertville and Moûtiers. It was formed in 1972 by the merger of the former communes Notre-Dame-de-Briançon, Celliers, Doucy, Naves, Petit-Cœur and Pussy.^[3] On 1 January 2019, the former communes Bonneval and Feissons-sur-Isère were merged into La Léchère.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,339	—
1975	2,917	−1.91%
1982	2,642	−1.40%
1990	2,438	−1.00%
1999	2,382	−0.26%
2007	2,569	+0.95%
2012	2,574	+0.04%
2017	2,586	+0.09%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Commune de La Léchère (73187), INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 15 November 2018 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE