Les Houches
Les Houches
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Les Houches: the village centre | |
Location of Les Houches | |
| Coordinates: 45°53′27″N 6°47′57″E / 45.8908°N 6.7992°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Le Mont-Blanc |
| Intercommunality | CC de la Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Ghislaine Bossonney |
Area 1 | 43.07 km2 (16.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 3,529 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Houchards |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74143 /74310 |
| Elevation | 796–1,950 m (2,612–6,398 ft) (avg. 1,008 m or 3,307 ft) |
| Website | www.leshouches.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Houches (French pronunciation: [le.z‿uʃ]; Arpitan: Les Ouches or Les Oucies) is an alpine commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is located just west of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the larger canton of Le Mont-Blanc.