Magland () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** Communes of ...
in the
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is ...
department in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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region
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in south-eastern
France
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.
Geography
Magland is in the
Vallée de l'Arve Vallée is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*André Vallée (1930–2015), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
*Anne Vallée (born 1958), Canadian biologist
* Bernard Vallée (born 1945), French fencer
* Brigitte Vallée (born ...
, between
Cluses
Cluses (; frp, Clluses) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
Citizens are known as ''Clusiens''. The commune is situated in the Arve Valley, on the river which bears the same n ...
and
Sallanches
Sallanches (; frp, Salenches) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France. Located close to the Mont Blanc massif, many visitors pass through the town en route to well-known alpine resorts such as Chamonix, Megève and Saint-Gervais-le ...
. There are several hamlets like Gravin, Balme,
Oëx
Oëx is a village in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, below Pointe d'Areu in the Arve valley. It is part of the commune Magland in Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, A ...
and Luth. It is part of the
canton of Sallanches The canton of Sallanches is an administrative division of the Haute-Savoie department, southeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Sallanches.
It consists ...
.
Transport
The commune has a railway station, , on the
La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line.
Education
There are four schools in Magland: the primary school of the ''Chef-Lieu'', of the ''Gravin'', of the ''Moranche'' and a nursery school.
See also
*
Flaine
Flaine is a ski area in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps, and is a part of the linked Grand Massif domain. It is in the territory of the communes of Magland and Arâches-la-Frasse. Flaine is linked to Samoëns, Morillon, Les Carroz ...
*
Communes of the Haute-Savoie department
The following is a list of the 279 communes of the French department of Haute-Savoie.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Barzio
Barzio (Valsassina, Valsassinese lmo, Bàrs) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located in the Valsassina about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Lecco.
Twin towns
* Magland, F ...]
,
Italy
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References
Communes of Haute-Savoie
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