Thonon-les-Bains
Description
Thonon-les-Bains is a town in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Thonon is part of a transborder agglomeration known as Grand Genève.HistoryThonon-les-Bains was the historic capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of Savoy. The Chablais Savoyard is the portion of Chablais in France. Chablais Valaisan and Chablais Vaudois are those portions of Chablais in the adjacent Switzerland cantons Valais and Vaud.(cite: Chablais Wikipedia) The town was the capital of the Dukedom of Chablais.TransportTransport is assured by BUT . The lines are: Line A: Destination Grangette / Destination Multiplex Line B: Destination Z.I VONGY / Destination Place des arts Line C: Destination Collège Théodore Monod / Place des arts Line D: Destination Collège theodore Monod or Espace Leman / Place des arts Line L: Destination Amphion Village / Place des arts Line P: Destination Marin / Place des arts Line M: Destination La Chavanne / Place des arts Line N: Destination Parking des chateaux / Place des arts Map of the network: http://www.leman-but.fr/ftp/FR_plan/Plan%202012%202013.pdfLine H and J are used in Evian-Les-Bains, and not Thonon-Les-Bains.Main sights Château de Ripaille Arboretum de Ripaille Château de Sonnaz Saint-Hippolyte church (12th century), rebuilt in Savoy Baroque-style during the 17th century Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains
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