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French Alps

Index French Alps

The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. [1]

153 relations: Abondance, Haute-Savoie, Aiguille de Chambeyron, Aiguille du Belvédère, Aiguille du Dru, Aiguille Verte, Aiguilles d'Arves, Aiguilles Rouges, Albertville, Alpe d'Huez, Alpine ibex, Alps, Annecy, Aravis Range, Arâches-la-Frasse, Arcalod, Aussois, Avoriaz, Écrins National Park, Évian-les-Bains, Baronnies, Barre des Écrins, Bauges, Bornes Massif, Brides-les-Bains, Chablais Alps, Chambéry, Chamechaude, Chamonix, Champagny-en-Vanoise, Chartreuse Mountains, Châtel, Haute-Savoie, Cime du Gélas, Combloux, Corrençon-en-Vercors, Cottian Alps, Courchevel, Crest-Voland, Dauphiné Alps, Dauphiné Prealps, Dévoluy Mountains, Dent du Géant, Dents du Midi, Espace Killy, Flaine, Flumet, France, French Prealps, Graea, Graian Alps, Grand Capucin, ..., Grand Galibier, Grand Pic de la Lauzière, Grand Veymont, Grande Tête de l'Obiou, Grandes Jorasses, Grenoble, Hauts-Forts, Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Italy, Jacques Balmat, La Clusaz, La Croix Fry, La Grande Odyssée, La Grave, La Plagne, La Rosière, Savoie, La Tania, La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Lauzière massif, Le Corbier, Le Grand-Bornand, Le Taillefer, Les Arcs, Les Deux Alpes, Les Gets, Les Menuires, Les Saisies, Les Sybelles, Les Trois Vallées, Ligurian Alps, List of highest paved roads in Europe, List of highest points of European countries, List of national parks in the Alps, List of ski areas and resorts in Europe, Luberon, Manigod, Maritime Alps, Massif des Écrins, Massif des Cerces, Massif des Trois-Évêchés, Méribel, Megève, Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc massif, Mont Blanc Tramway, Mont Pelat, Montgenèvre, Montriond, Morillon, Morzine, Mountain range, Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, Orelle, Paradiski, Pic Bayle, Pic de Rochebrune, Piste, Pointe de Charbonnel, Pointe de Ronce, Pointe Percée, Portes du Soleil, Pra-Loup, Praz-sur-Arly, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Punta Marguareis, Rhône-Alpes, Risoul, Roignais, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards, Saint-François-Longchamp, Saint-Gervais, Isère, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Saint-Jean-d'Arves, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Samoëns, Savoie, Savoy Prealps, Serre Chevalier, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, SuperDévoluy, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Tête de l'Estrop, Tignes, Val Thorens, Val-d'Isère, Valloire, Valmeinier, Valmorel, Vanoise National Park, Vars, Hautes-Alpes, Vaucluse Mountains, Vaujany, Vercors Massif, Via Lattea, Villard-de-Lans, Villard-Reculas, Yvoire, 1924 Winter Olympics, 1968 Winter Olympics, 1992 Winter Olympics. Expand index (103 more) »

Abondance, Haute-Savoie

Abondance is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Aiguille de Chambeyron

Aiguille de Chambeyron (3,412m) is a mountain of the Cottian Alps and is the highest mountain of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southeast France.

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Aiguille du Belvédère

Aiguille du Belvédère is a mountain of Haute-Savoie, France.

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Aiguille du Dru

The Aiguille du Dru (also the Dru or the Drus; French, Les Drus) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

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Aiguille Verte

The Aiguille Verte, which is French for "Green Needle", is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

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Aiguilles d'Arves

The Aiguilles d’Arves is a mountain in the Arves massif in the French Alps.

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Aiguilles Rouges

The Aiguilles Rouges ("Red Peaks") are a crystalline mountainous massif of the French Prealps, opposite the Mont Blanc Massif.

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Albertville

Albertville (Arpitan: Arbèrtvile) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Alpe d'Huez

LAlpe d'Huez is a ski resort at.

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Alpine ibex

The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, bouquetin, or simply ibex, is a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps.

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Alps

The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.

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Annecy

Annecy (Arpitan: Èneci or Ènneci) is the largest city of Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.

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Aravis Range

The Aravis (Chaîne des Aravis) is a mountain range in Savoie and Haute-Savoie, eastern France.

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Arâches-la-Frasse

Arâches-la-Frasse is commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Arcalod

Arcalod is a mountain of Savoie, France.

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Aussois

Aussois is a commune in the Vanoise massif, in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Avoriaz

Avoriaz (French and or) is a French mountain resort in the heart of the Portes du Soleil.

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Écrins National Park

Écrins National Park (Parc national des Écrins) is one of the ten French national parks.

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Évian-les-Bains

Évian-les-Bains or Évian is a commune in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Baronnies

The Baronnies, in French Les Baronnies, is a historic name for the area East and North of Mont Ventoux in Southern France.

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Barre des Écrins

The Barre des Écrins (4,102 m) is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak at 4102m altitude.

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Bauges

The Bauges Mountains (Massif des Bauges) is a mountain range in eastern France, stretching from the city of Annecy to the city of Chambéry, which is part of the French Prealps.

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Bornes Massif

The Bornes Massif (French: Massif des Bornes) is a mountainous massif in the north French Prealps in the département of Haute-Savoie.

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Brides-les-Bains

Brides-les-Bains is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Chablais Alps

The Chablais Alps are a mountain range in the western Alps.

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Chambéry

Chambéry (Chambèri, Sciamberì, and in Helvetii: Camberia) is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Chamechaude

Chamechaude is the highest summit in the Chartreuse Massif in the Isère department in eastern France.

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Chamonix

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc,.

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Champagny-en-Vanoise

Champagny-en-Vanoise is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Chartreuse Mountains

The Chartreuse Mountains (massif de la Chartreuse) is a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble south to the Lac du Bourget north.

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Châtel, Haute-Savoie

Châtel is a commune in the Upper Savoy department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Cime du Gélas

Cime du Gélas (Italian: Monte Gelàs) is a 3,143 m high mountain on the boundary between France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region) and Italy (province of Cuneo).

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Combloux

Combloux is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, with a population of over 2000 residents.

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Corrençon-en-Vercors

Corrençon-en-Vercors is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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Cottian Alps

The Cottian Alps (Alpes Cottiennes; Alpi Cozie); are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps.

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Courchevel

Courchevel is a French Alps ski resort.

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Crest-Voland

Crest-Voland is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Dauphiné Alps

The Dauphiné Alps (Alpes du Dauphiné) are a group of mountain ranges in southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps.

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Dauphiné Prealps

The Dauphiné Prealps (Préalpes du Dauphiné in French) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps.

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Dévoluy Mountains

The Devoloy Mountains is a limestone massif located in Hautes-Alpes, France.

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Dent du Géant

The Dent du Géant (It.: Dente del Gigante, "giant's tooth") (4,013 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy.

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Dents du Midi

The Dents du Midi (French: "teeth of the south") are a multi-summited mountain situated in the Chablais Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais.

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Espace Killy

Espace Killy is a name given many years ago to a ski area in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie in the French Alps, in honour of the spectacularly successful skier Jean-Claude Killy who was raised here.

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Flaine

Flaine is a ski area in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps, and is a part of the linked Grand Massif domain.

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Flumet

Flumet is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French Prealps

The French Prealps (Préalpes) are a group of subalpine mountain ranges of medium elevation located immediately west of the French Alps.

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Graea

Graea or Graia (Γραῖα) was a city on the coast of Boeotia in ancient Greece.

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Graian Alps

The Graian Alps (Alpi Graie; Alpes grées) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps.

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Grand Capucin

The Grand Capucin (3,838 m) is a rock pinnacle in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France.

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Grand Galibier

Grand Galibier (3,228 m) is a mountain of the Cottian Alps in Savoie, France.

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Grand Pic de la Lauzière

Grand Pic de la Lauzière is a mountain of Savoie, France.

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Grand Veymont

The Grand Veymont (Le Grand Veymont), a mountain in the district of Gresse-en-Vercors, part of the department of Isère, France, is the highest point (2341 metres) of the Massif du Vercors, but not the highest of the Vercors Regional Natural Park (which is the Rocher Rond at 2453m).

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Grande Tête de l'Obiou

The Grande Tête de l'Obiou (or simply l'Obiou) is a mountain in the French Prealps belonging to the French department of Isère.

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Grandes Jorasses

The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy.

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Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère.

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Hauts-Forts

The Hauts-Forts (2,466 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located east of Morzine in the French department of Haute-Savoie, within one kilometre of the Swiss border.

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Horace-Bénédict de Saussure

Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (after the picture by Juehl, in the Library at Geneva) Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a Swiss geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jacques Balmat

Jacques Balmat, called le Mont Blanc (1762–1834) was a mountaineer, a Savoyard mountain guide, born in the Chamonix valley in Savoy, at this time part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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La Clusaz

La Clusaz is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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La Croix Fry

La Croix Fry is a small village contained within the Domaine de Manigod.

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La Grande Odyssée

La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is an international sled dog race spanning in French Alps and Swiss Alps.

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La Grave

La Grave is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

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La Plagne

La Plagne is a French ski area in the alpine valley of the Tarentaise (Savoie).

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La Rosière, Savoie

La Rosière is a ski resort in southeastern France.

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La Tania

La Tania is a ski resort in the Courchevel area of Les Trois Vallees at 1400m above sea level.

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La Thuile, Aosta Valley

La Thuile (Valdôtain: La Tchouiille) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley of northwest Italy.

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Lauzière massif

Massif de la Lauzière is a mountain of Savoie, France.

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Le Corbier

Le Corbier is a ski resort located in the Les Sybelles region of the French Alps, it is the fourth largest ski area in France with 310 km linked by lifts and pistes.

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Le Grand-Bornand

Le Grand-Bornand is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Le Taillefer

Le Taillefer is a mountain in the Dauphiné Alps, culminating at a height of.

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Les Arcs

Les Arcs is a ski resort located in Savoie, France, in the Tarentaise Valley town of Bourg-Saint-Maurice.

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Les Deux Alpes

Les Deux Alpes (also Les 2 Alpes or Les 2 Alpes 3600) is a ski resort in the French Isère département.

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Les Gets

Les Gets is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Les Menuires

Les Menuires is a ski resort in the Belleville valley of Les Trois Vallées between Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Val Thorens.

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Les Saisies

Les Saisies is a ski resort located in the Savoie départment of France.

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Les Sybelles

Les Sybelles is a French linked ski area, located in the Savoie department in the Alps.

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Les Trois Vallées

Les Trois Vallées (The Three Valleys) is a ski region in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie département of France, to the south of the town of Moûtiers, partly in the Vanoise National Park.

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Ligurian Alps

The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in northwestern Italy.

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List of highest paved roads in Europe

This is a list of the highest paved roads in Europe.

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List of highest points of European countries

This page lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Europe defined physiographically.

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List of national parks in the Alps

This is a list of national parks in the Alps.

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List of ski areas and resorts in Europe

This is a list of ski areas and resorts in Europe and Eurasia.

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Luberon

The Luberon (Provençal Occitan: Leberon in classical norm or Leberoun in Mistralian norm) is a massif in central Provence in the south of France.

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Manigod

Manigod is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

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Maritime Alps

The Maritime Alps (Alpes Maritimes; Alpi Marittime) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps.

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Massif des Écrins

The mountains of the Massif des Écrins form the core of the Écrins National Park in France.

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Massif des Cerces

The massif des Cerces is a region of the French Alps on the Franco-Italian border.

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Massif des Trois-Évêchés

Massif des Trois-Évêchés (Massís dei Tres Eveschats, literally the massif of the Three Bishoprics) is a mountain range in the Provence Alps and Prealps in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.

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Méribel

Méribel is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps, situated near the town of Moûtiers.

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Megève

Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France with a population of over 4,000 residents.

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Mer de Glace

The Mer de Glace is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps.

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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Europe west of Russia's Caucasus peaks.

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Mont Blanc massif

The Mont Blanc massif (Massif du Mont-Blanc; Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end.

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Mont Blanc Tramway

The Mont Blanc Tramway or Tramway du Mont-Blanc (TMB) is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie department of France.

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Mont Pelat

Mont Pelat (3,050m), is a mountain of the Maritime Alps located in the chain of mountains between the high valley of Verdon to the west, the high valley of Var to the east and the Bachelard valley in the North.

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Montgenèvre

Montgenèvre is a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

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Montriond

Montriond is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Morillon

Morillon is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Morzine

Morzine is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe

Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Orelle

Orelle is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Paradiski

Paradiski is a ski-area in the Tarentaise Valley offering uninterrupted skiing in between the areas of Les Arcs, Peisey-Vallandry and La Plagne.

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Pic Bayle

Pic Bayle is a summit in the Dauphiné Alps, culminating at a height of, the highest point of the Massif des Grandes Rousses.

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Pic de Rochebrune

The Pic de Rochebrune (or Grand Rochebrune or, simply, Rochebrune) is a mountain in the Cottian Alps belonging to the French department of Hautes-Alpes.

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Piste

A piste is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.

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Pointe de Charbonnel

Pointe de Charbonnel is a mountain of Savoie, France.

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Pointe de Ronce

Pointe de Ronce is a mountain of Savoie, France.

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Pointe Percée

The Pointe Percée (lit.: pierced point) is the highest mountain in the Aravis range of the French Prealps in Haute-Savoie.

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Portes du Soleil

Les Portes du Soleil (literally "The Doors of the Sun") is a major skisports destination in the Alps, encompassing thirteen resorts between Mont Blanc in France and Lake Geneva in Switzerland.

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Pra-Loup

Pra-Loup is a ski resort in France, at Uvernet-Fours in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, from the town of Barcelonnette.

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Praz-sur-Arly

Praz-sur-Arly is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur; Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra; PACA) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France.

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Punta Marguareis

The Punta Marguareis (It) or Pointe Marguareis (Fr) is a mountain in the Ligurian Alps, on the boundary between Italy and France; It is the highest peak of the Ligurian Alps.

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Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes (Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes; Ròse-Aups; Rodano-Alpi) is a former administrative region of France.

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Risoul

Risoul is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

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Roignais

Roignais is a mountain of Savoie, France.

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Saint-Colomban-des-Villards

Saint-Colomban-des-Villards is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Saint-François-Longchamp

Saint-François-Longchamp is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Saint-Gervais, Isère

Saint-Gervais is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Saint-Jean-d'Arves

Saint-Jean-d'Arves is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Saint-Martin-de-Belleville

Saint-Martin-de-Belleville is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves

Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Samoëns

Samoëns is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Savoie

Savoie (Arpitan: Savouè, Italian: Savoia, English: Savoy) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps.

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Savoy Prealps

The Savoy Prealps (Préalpes de Savoie in French) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps.

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Serre Chevalier

Serre Chevalier is a major ski resort in southeastern France, in the Hautes-Alpes department of the Alps.

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Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is a municipality in the Haute-Savoie department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.

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SuperDévoluy

SuperDévoluy (Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup) is a ski resort in the commune of Le Dévoluy in the French Alps.

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen, Alpes suisses, Alpi svizzere, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Tête de l'Estrop

The Tête de l'Estrop is a mountain of the French Prealps located in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.

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Tignes

Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Val Thorens

Val Thorens, located in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, French Alps, is the highest ski resort in Europe, at an altitude of 2300 m. It is located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville in the Savoie département.

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Val-d'Isère

Val d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) in southeastern France.

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Valloire

Valloire is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Valmeinier

Valmeinier is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Valmorel

Valmorel is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley, located in the communes of Les Avanchers-Valmorel and La Léchère, in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

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Vanoise National Park

Vanoise National Park (Parc national de la Vanoise), is a French national park between the Tarentaise and Maurienne valleys in the French Alps, containing the Vanoise massif.

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Vars, Hautes-Alpes

Vars is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

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Vaucluse Mountains

The Vaucluse Mountains (French: Monts de Vaucluse) are a mountain range of the French Prealps located in the departement of Vaucluse, between the Luberon Massif and Mont Ventoux.

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Vaujany

Vaujany is a commune in the canton of Oisans-Romanche, in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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Vercors Massif

The Vercors Massif is a range in France consisting of rugged plateaux and mountains straddling the départements of Isère and Drôme in the French Prealps.

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Via Lattea

The Via Lattea (Milky Way) is a winter sports area in the Italian and French Alps, straddling the French-Italian border at Claviere/Montgenèvre.

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Villard-de-Lans

Villard-de-Lans is a commune in the Isère department of the Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes region in southeastern France.

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Villard-Reculas

Villard-Reculas is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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Yvoire

Yvoire is a small medieval town in the department of Haute-Savoie, in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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1924 Winter Olympics

The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (Les Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

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1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France, and opened on 6 February.

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1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (Les XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Alps

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