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Sébastien Rosseler
Sébastien Rosseler at the start of stage 8 in Le Grand Bornand, Tour de France 2007. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Sébastien Rosseler at the start of stage 8 in Le Grand Bornand, Tour de France 2007
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Le Grand-Bornand
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Le Grand-Bornand.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Le Grand-Bornand is a commune in the eastern French department of Haute-Savoie.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Le Grand-Bornand before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Le Grand-Bornand
Le Grand-Bornand holds the award "Station verte de vacances" (Green holiday resort).
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Piste de ski @ Le Grand-Bornand
Piste de ski @ Le Grand-Bornand. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Piste de ski @ Le Grand-Bornand
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
1569
Winter becomes organised
1569: Church fire 1715: Opening of a school 1755: End of the dispute with neighbouring village La Clusaz on the delimitation between the territories of the two villages 11 March 1817: Violent earthquake causes property damage 28 October 1923: Creation of a ski club, the "société des skieurs bornandins".
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Le Grand-Bornand is recorded at 45.942° N, 6.430° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,100 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.LE-GRAND-BORNAND.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.LE-GRAND-BORNAND.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.LE-GRAND-BORNAND.V00
Sébastien Rosseler
Sébastien Rosseler at the start of stage 8 in Le Grand Bornand, Tour de France 2007. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Sébastien Rosseler at the start of stage 8 in Le Grand Bornand, Tour de France 2007
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Le Grand-Bornand now
The hamlet of Chinaillon to the north east of Le Grand-Bornand is the main ski centre.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Sébastien Rosseler
AOD.EU.LE-GRAND-BORNAND.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Piste de ski @ Le Grand-Bornand
AOD.EU.LE-GRAND-BORNAND.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Le Grand-Bornand overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.