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Saint-Laurent
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OverviewAI-generated
Saint-Laurent is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Bonneville and the canton of la Roche-sur-Foron. It is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The municipality shares borders with Amancy, Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, La Roche-sur-Foron, and Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny.
The area of the commune is 10.96 square kilometers, with an elevation of 1,809 meters above sea level. Its population is recorded as 851, comprising 420 males and 416 females. The inhabitants are referred to as Saint-Laurentinois or Laurentins. The postal code for the area is 74800.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Laurent
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 665
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Haute-Savoie
- Arrondissement
- Bonneville
- Canton
- La Roche-sur-Foron
- Intercommunality
- CC du Pays Rochois
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Boris Avouac
- Area
- 10.96 km (4.23 sq mi)
- Density
- 76.7/km (199/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 74244 /74800
- Elevation
- 520–1,809 m (1,706–5,935 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Saint-Laurent
- Demonym
- Laurentins
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bonneville
- Population
- 841
- Area
- 10.96
- Elevation
- 901
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Glières-Val-de-Borne
- Official website
- www.saintlaurent74.com
- Image
- La boucle ferroviaire de Saint-Laurent.jpg
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- postal code
- 74800
- Commons category
- Saint-Laurent (Haute-Savoie)
- different from
- Saint-Laurent
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Roche-sur-Foron
- male population
- 420
- female population
- 416
- P8168
- Hermitage Museum
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-03-87-67
- fax number
- +33-4-50-03-81-78
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Originally Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni was an arrival point for prisoners. Eventually it became a special prison commune. In 1949, it became a regular commune.
The official tourism office maintains a pretty up-to-date website.
Get around
The town isn't particularly large and you can get everywhere by foot.
See
The Camp de la Transportation on rue Tanon is Saint-Laurent's reason for being. It's where prisoners (including the famous Papillon) arrived for processing. Guided tours only (90 minutes, €9). Most guides speak some English. The tour includes the cells and public execution areas.
There are also other buildings from that age - in the 19th and early 20th century the region was first and foremost a penal colony.
Do
Rent a canoe from Maroni Club on Esplanade Baudin .
Tropic-Cata give boat tours .
The city serves as the point of departure for several ecotourism circuits, most notably journeys upriver to explore the many creeks as well as the Amazonian rainforest.
Hike to Voltaire Falls Though challenging, this 12.5-mile out-and-back trail lets you experience the largest waterfalls in French Guiana.
Go next
Most visitors go either west to Suriname or east, further into French Guiana. Another alternative is to travel upstream by boat. 17 km south you will find another penal colony, Saint-Jean. 50 km upstream there's the village of Apatou and a further 20 km south there are the Voltaire Falls.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint-Laurent ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃] ; Savoyard: San-Loran) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Laurent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.