Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
Part of Glières-Val-de-Borne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Location of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières
46°00′02″N 6°23′46″E / 46.0006°N 6.3961°E / 46.0006; 6.3961
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(avg. 732 m or 2,402 ft)
Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (French pronunciation: [lə pəti bɔʁnɑ̃ le ɡlijɛʁ]), commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged with its neighbour village Entrement to form the new commune of Glières-Val-de-Borne.[2]
Petit Bornand has a number of dairy farms, tourist accommodations and secondary residences. It is in the area which is authorised to produce the named soft cheese "roblochon"[1]
People
Guillaume Fichet (1433-c. 1480) was born in this village. With Johann Heynlin, Fichet set up the first printing press in France in 1470.
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References
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