Bonneville, Haute-Savoie

Subprefecture of Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Subprefecture and commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Bonneville Bônavela (Arpitan)
Subprefecture and commune
A view of Bonneville
Coat of arms
Location of Bonneville
(2020–2026)		Stéphane Valli^[1]
Area ¹	27.15 km² (10.48 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	12,895
• Density	470/km² (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	74042 /74130
Elevation	450–1,877 m (1,476–6,158 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bonneville (French pronunciation: [bɔnvil] ^ⓘ; Arpitan: Bônavela) is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 12,557.

Geography

Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Geneva and Chamonix. The urban centre is on the north bank of the Arve river, with urban development reaching to the foot of the mountains to both the north and south.

Bonneville sits at the juncture between the Swiss Voralpen and the French Prealps. to the west, the Arve valley is a wide and fertile outwash plain, while to the east, it is a classical glacial valley.

Climate

Bonneville has a temperate oceanic climate(Köppen:Cfb) with precipitation evenly distributed throughout the year. Summers are warm with an average of 72.9 days with maximum temperature above 25 °C (77 °F) and 22 days with maximum temperature above 30 °C (86 °F). Winters are cold and 89.3 days have minimum temperature below freezing. Temperatures below −10 °C (14 °F) are possible from November to March.^[3]

Climate data for Bonneville (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.3 (41.5)	7.4 (45.3)	12.1 (53.8)	17.3 (63.1)	20.4 (68.7)	25.1 (77.2)	27.3 (81.1)	26.4 (79.5)	22.2 (72.0)	16.5 (61.7)	10.1 (50.2)	5.4 (41.7)	16.3 (61.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	1.5 (34.7)	2.6 (36.7)	6.4 (43.5)	10.9 (51.6)	14.3 (57.7)	18.7 (65.7)	20.6 (69.1)	19.9 (67.8)	16.1 (61.0)	11.4 (52.5)	5.9 (42.6)	1.9 (35.4)	10.9 (51.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−2.3 (27.9)	−2.1 (28.2)	0.7 (33.3)	4.5 (40.1)	8.1 (46.6)	12.4 (54.3)	14.0 (57.2)	13.4 (56.1)	10.0 (50.0)	6.3 (43.3)	1.7 (35.1)	−1.6 (29.1)	5.4 (41.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	75.1 (2.96)	64.5 (2.54)	72.2 (2.84)	73.8 (2.91)	104.3 (4.11)	89.8 (3.54)	93.8 (3.69)	109.3 (4.30)	75.2 (2.96)	80.6 (3.17)	80.1 (3.15)	88.9 (3.50)	1,007.6 (39.67)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm)	10.7	8.6	10.4	8.5	11.8	9.4	8.9	9.9	7.9	9.4	9.4	10.9	115.8
Source: Meteociel^[3]

Transport

The commune has a railway station, Bonneville, on the La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,543	—
1975	7,702	+4.81%
1982	8,814	+1.95%
1990	9,998	+1.59%
1999	10,463	+0.51%
2007	11,380	+1.06%
2012	12,479	+1.86%
2017	12,608	+0.21%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Bonneville is twinned with:

Staufen im Breisgau, Germany (1963)
Racconigi, Italy (1989)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Normales / Moyennes 1991-2020, Bonneville" [Normals / Averages 1991-2020, Bonneville]. meteociel (in French). Provided by Météo-France. Meteociel.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE