Arâches-la-Frasse

Arâches-la-Frasse is commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Arâches-la-Frasse
Commune
The church in Arâches-la-Frasse
Coat of arms
Location of Arâches-la-Frasse
Arâches-la-Frasse
Arâches-la-Frasse
Coordinates: 46°02′39″N 6°37′56″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
ArrondissementBonneville
CantonSallanches
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Marc Iochum
Area
1
37.69 km2 (14.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,910
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74014 /74300
Elevation560–2,466 m (1,837–8,091 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Situated in the northern French Alps, the commune sits on a large sunny plateau overlooking the Arve Valley southeast of the town of Cluses.

It is part of the canton of Sallanches. The main villages in the commune are Arâches, Les Carroz, and La Frasse.

Les Carroz
Les Carroz seen from the Pré du Bois

Until the 1930s the village of Les Carroz was a simple farming hamlet with only a few houses. It is now developing into the nearest large ski resort to Geneva. By 1981 Les Carroz had been linked to the nearby ski villages of Samoëns, Morillon and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, and the resort of Flaine, developed in the 1960s. The Grand-Massif ski area had been born. The gondola and chairlift in Les Carroz can take skiers straight up to the extensive skiing in the Grand Massif.[2]

  • Church
  • Chapel
  • Mission cross
  • War memorial
  • Fountain

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "GrandMassif.co.uk".


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