Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, commonly referred to as Petit-Bornand, is a former
commune
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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 Ann ...
department in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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.
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
Guillaume Fichet (; 21 September 1433 – c. 1480) was a French scholar, who cooperated with Johann Heynlin to establish the first printing press in France (Paris) in 1470.
Biography
He was born at Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, in Savoy. He stu ...
(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 Lapida ...
, Fichet set up the first printing press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...
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 2020):
References
Former communes of Haute-Savoie
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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