Chens-sur-Léman

Chens-sur-Léman
Chens-sur-Léman
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains
Canton	Canton of Douvaine
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Bas-Chablais
Mayor	Nelly Benou (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	1–1 m (3.3–3.3 ft)
Land area1	12.56 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Population2	1,700  (1999)
- Density	135 /km2 (350 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	74070/ 74140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°19′44″N 6°16′09″E / 46.3288888889°N 6.26916666667°E / 46.3288888889; 6.26916666667

Chens-sur-Léman is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps