Le Bourget-du-Lac

Le Bourget-du-Lac

Le Bourget-du-Lac, with the Lac du Bourget, Savoie Technolac, and Chambéry Airport

Coat of arms
Le Bourget-du-Lac

Coordinates: 45°38′44″N 5°51′33″E / 45.6456°N 05.8591°E / 45.6456; 05.8591Coordinates: 45°38′44″N 5°51′33″E / 45.6456°N 05.8591°E / 45.6456; 05.8591
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Savoie
Arrondissement Chambéry
Canton La Motte-Servolex
Intercommunality Communauté de Communes du Lac du Bourget
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Edouard Simonian
Area1 20.05 km2 (7.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 4,212
  Density 210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 73051 / 73370
Elevation 226–1,496 m (741–4,908 ft)
(avg. 241 m or 791 ft)
Website www.lebourgetdulac.fr

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.

Le Bourget-du-Lac is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It lies near the Lac du Bourget and 12 km (7.5 mi) from Chambéry.

The church.
Old ironworks transformed into an observating point for birds.
The river Leysse close to the commune.

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