Marlens

Marlens
A general view of Marlens
Coat of arms
Marlens
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Marlens
Coordinates: 45°46′07″N 6°21′00″E / 45.7686°N 6.35°ECoordinates: 45°46′07″N 6°21′00″E / 45.7686°N 6.35°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Annecy
Canton	Faverges
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Faverges
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Chappelet
Area^1	15.23 km^2 (5.88 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	699
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	74167 / 74210
Elevation	437–1,841 m (1,434–6,040 ft)
^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.

Marlens was a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016 it was merged with Cons-Sainte-Colombe to create the new commune Val-de-Chaise.^[1] There's a popular paragliding site on the hillside to the north of the village. The paragliders land at the village itself.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• INSEE