Les Marches

Part of Porte-de-Savoie in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Les Marches

Part of Porte-de-Savoie

Sight of Les Marches in winter.

Location of Les Marches

Les Marches

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Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 6°00′06″E﻿ / ﻿45.5°N 6.0017°E﻿ / 45.5; 6.0017
Country| France
Region| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department| Savoie
Arrondissement| Chambéry
Canton| Montmélian
Commune| Porte-de-Savoie

Area

| 15.35 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 2,791
• Density| 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

73800

Dialling codes| 0479
Elevation| 244–1,115 m (801–3,658 ft)
(avg. 807 m or 2,648 ft)
Website| www.lesmarches.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Marches (French pronunciation: [le maʁʃ]) is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Porte-de-Savoie.[2]

## Twin towns

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It is twinned with

* Stepps and Cardowan near Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.[3] Les Marches translates in English as 'The Steps' and it was this connection that was noticed by a Les Marches resident in 1995 on a visit to Scotland.[4]

## See also

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* Communes of the Savoie department

## References

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1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2018 (in French)
3. ^ "Town twinning". North Lanarkshire Council.
4. ^ "Les Marches Information-SteppsOnline". www.steppsonline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.

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