Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (), commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a former
commune in the
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...
department in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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region
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in south-eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged with its neighbour village Entrement to form the new commune of
Glières-Val-de-Borne
Glières-Val-de-Borne (, ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières (the seat ...
.
Arrêté préfectoral
27 June 2018
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 "roblocho
People
Guillaume Fichet (1433-c. 1480) was born in this village. With Johann Heynlin
Johann Heynlin, variously spelled ''Heynlein'', ''Henelyn'', ''Henlin'', ''Hélin'', ''Hemlin'', ''Hegelin'', ''Steinlin''; and translated as ''Jean à Lapide'', ''Jean La Pierre (Lapierre, de la Pierre)'', ''Johannes Lapideus'', ''Johannes Lapid ...
, Fichet set up the first printing press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in whi ...
in France in 1470.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Savoie department
The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haute-Savoie.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Former communes of Haute-Savoie
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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