Mâcot-la-Plagne

Mâcot-la-Plagne
Part of La Plagne-Tarentaise
The ski station of La Plagne
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Coordinates: 45°33′16″N 6°40′22″E / 45.5544°N 6.6728°E / 45.5544; 6.6728Coordinates: 45°33′16″N 6°40′22″E / 45.5544°N 6.6728°E / 45.5544; 6.6728
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Albertville
Canton	Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Commune	La Plagne-Tarentaise
Area 1	37.86 km2 (14.62 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	1,697
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	73210
Elevation	653–2,708 m (2,142–8,885 ft) (avg. 760 m or 2,490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mâcot-la-Plagne is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of La Plagne-Tarentaise.^[2]

Geography[]

It gives its name to the French ski resort La Plagne, most of which lies within the commune of Mâcot-la-Plagne. It is bordered by the communes of Aime to the west, Bozel to the southwest, Champagny-en-Vanoise to the south, Bellentre to the east, and Valezan and La Côte-d'Aime to the north

Population[]

1962= 1072

1968= 1204

1975= 1112

1982= 1210

1990= 1621

1999= 1578

2006= 1789

See also[]

• Communes of the Savoie department

References[]

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